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Solar Power Plant of 15MW in Gujarat by Palace Solar Energy Private Limited

Developer: Palace Solar Energy Private Limited

VCS-1020 ↗

#297of 5062 in Renewable energy#147of 2794 in India#237of 1574 in Verra (VCS)#77of 2003 in AMS-I.D

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.8 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Analysis

Solar Power Plant of 15MW in Gujarat by Palace Solar Energy Private Limited (India) generates grid-connected renewable electricity (solar photovoltaic, 15 MW) under AMS I.D version 17; registry status Registered (VCS), 235,847 credits issued (vintages 2012–2022). The documents name Bureau Veritas Certification Holdings SAS as validation body and URS Verification Private Limited (URS) (2012-03-04 – 2015-08-31), TÜV SÜD South Asia Pvt.Ltd (2018-08-01 – 2020-12-31), LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) (2021-01-01 – 2022-03-03, 2022-03-04 – 2022-12-31), VKU Certification Pvt. Ltd (2023-01-01 – 2023-10-31) as verification bodies. The latest verification report (01-January-2023 – 31-October-2023) verifies 12,829 tCO2e.

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Findings

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMAMS-I.D

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2012
19,61719,6170
2013
25,00425,0040
2014
24,73024,7300
2015
24,19324,1930
2016
24,33124,3310
2017
23,31023,3100
2018
22,97122,087884
2019
22,62821,2541,374
2020
23,122023,122
2021
21,9923,94918,043
2022
3,94903,949
Total235,847188,47547,372

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2012–2015AMS-I.D v17.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2015–2018AMS-I.D v17.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2018–2020AMS-I.D v17.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2021–2022AMS-I.D v17.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2022AMS-I.D v18.0current version

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  6. 2023AMS-I.D v18.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • AMS-I.D: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceAMS I.D version 17

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