Yaprak-I Hydropower Plant, Turkey

Audit Analysis

The Yaprak-I Hydropower Plant is a VCS-registered small hydropower project with a jurisdictional baseline and VVB-verified additionality, but its integrity is significantly undermined by extensive material findings including a miscalculation in the ER spreadsheet, shared metering with the adjacent Yaprak-II plant, and numerous inconsistencies between the monitoring report and the project design document. The project delivered approximately 85% of the pro-rata expected emissions reductions for the four-year monitoring period, which is within a reasonable range, but the Gold Standard registration history and unresolved double-claiming questions introduce additional risk.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Electricity generation is calculated using a proportional constant due to a shared meter with Yaprak-II HEPP, creating a fundamental MRV weakness and potential for double counting between the two plants
• ⚠A miscalculation in the ER calculation spreadsheet resulted in underestimated electricity generation and emission reductions, indicating a quality-control failure in the project's own calculations
• ⚠The project was initially registered under Gold Standard and subsequently delisted to avoid double counting, raising residual double-claiming risk
• ⚠The 2024 verification report required the project to withdraw its approved verification request and resubmit with a revised monitoring report, verification report, and ERR, indicating the initial verification was not fully reliable
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted despite the project's presence in a community setting in Turkey

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.