Wind Power Project in Tamil Nadu by Green Infra Renewable Energy Limited

Audit Analysis

A large-scale wind power project in Tamil Nadu with a solid jurisdictional baseline and VVB-verified additionality, but undermined by an extensive list of material findings (30+ items), a 28% discrepancy between claimed and verified emission reductions, multiple cross-document contradictions, and low extraction confidence. The fundamental methodology (ACM0002) is well-established and the project type carries minimal permanence risk, yet the data quality and documentation gaps significantly erode confidence in the reported figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR (296,965 tCO2e) is 28% higher than the project's own claimed ERR (231,266 tCO2e) for the same monitoring period, indicating a material data inconsistency between the monitoring report and verification report
• ⚠FPIC status is directly contradicted: the verification report (June 2025) states FPIC was not conducted, while the monitoring report (January 2024) states it was conducted
• ⚠Over 30 material findings and 30+ corrective actions logged across verification and monitoring reports, including repeated meter calibration delays, inconsistent commissioning dates, missing calibration certificates, and template non-compliance
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.9368 tCO2/kWh is from 2018 and no baseline reassessment date is recorded in the available documents
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, with at least one key document poorly readable

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