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Re-assessment pendingGSSolar Thermal - HeatIndiaRegistry: RegisteredAMS-I.C

Solar Water Heater Program in India-CPA-2

Developer: Nuetech Solar Systems Private Limited

Methodology: AMS-I.C (CDM)

GS-826 ↗ · current registry ID: GS4613

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#2564of 2759 in India#2067of 2179 in Gold Standard (GS)#232of 264 in AMS-I.C

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 6 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.9 / 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

Scored2026-09-06medium confidence

evidence: 41/43 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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Standard
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Methodology
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Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 6 Sep 2026 · 41/43 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

The Solar Water Heater Program in India-CPA-2 is a Gold Standard solar thermal avoidance project with a named VVB and 41 supporting documents, but it is undermined by a critical gap in which the most recent verification report (March 2025) does not confirm additionality, a project-specific baseline, the absence of a buffer pool, and an unusually large volume of corrective actions spanning multiple verification cycles that point to systemic data-quality weaknesses. The verified usage rate of 53.83% is conservative, and the 0% leakage deduction is plausible for a distributed solar-thermal application, but the overall evidentiary picture is weakened by low extraction confidence and numerous unresolved inconsistencies between documents.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 6 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 43 registry documents (41 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

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  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 4 Oct 2026

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentAMS-I.C

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology 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 4 Oct 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:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2015
28,744028,744
2016
31,533031,533
2017
7,20707,207
2021
27,05927,0590
2022
22,42222,4220
2023
21,744021,744
2024
4,76704,767
Total143,47649,48193,995

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2016–2017AMS-I.C v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2019–2020AMS-I.C v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2020AMS-I.C v21.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2020AMS-I.C v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2021AMS-I.C v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  6. 2022–2023AMS-I.Cthe documents for this period state different versions (v19.0, v21.0)

    monitoring report + verification report

  7. 2022–2023AMS-I.C v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  8. 2023–2024AMS-I.C v21.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

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

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