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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticSierra LeoneVintage 2022Registry: Registered

GS1247 VPA 210 Sierra Leone Safe Water

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-1868 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7482

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#1129of 1699 in Industrial#12of 16 in Sierra Leone#1550of 2179 in Gold Standard (GS)

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 3 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.8 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-03medium confidence

evidence: 36/38 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Gold Standard (GS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption (TPDDTEC) No methodology-specific rules: the general rules apply. Read the general rules
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 3 Sep 2026 · 36/38 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

A Gold Standard safe-water (borehole) project in Sierra Leone with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but undermined by the absence of a buffer pool, a 0% leakage deduction that contradicts the PDD's 5% figure, a declining usage rate, retired boreholes, and extensive corrective actions and Gold Standard grievance-review caps that signal operational and crediting-integrity concerns. The verified ERR for the current monitoring period (18,707 tCO2e) is far below the ex-ante annual estimate of 100,000 tCO2e cited in the material findings, indicating significant under-delivery relative to the original design assumptions.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 3 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 38 registry documents (36 analyzed).

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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 · read on 2 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology approved by ICVCMGS TPDDTEC

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: registry label · read on 2 Nov 2026

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

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:2026-11-02

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2019
6246240
2020
6,7716,68982
2021
6,9586,641317
2022
6,5152,4984,017
2023
2,57802,578
Total23,44616,4526,994

Retired by

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€11.00/tCO2

Vintage 2022

3,888 tCO2 available

checked on 31 Oct 2026

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