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PROJECT DETAILS

Project Submission No. S00894
Project Title 130 MW bundled solar project in Karnataka
Project Owner(s) (as per PSF & LOA) 1. Azure Power (Raj) Private Limited, 2. Azure Photovoltaic Private Limited, 3. Azure Sunrise Private Limited, 4.Azure Power India Private Limited
Submission Date 2022-06-27
Global Stakeholder Consultation Period 2023-02-20 to
2023-03-06
Registration Date 2024-10-07
Sector 1.Energy industries (renewable-/non-renewable sources)
Project Type Solar Power
GCC/CDM Methodology & Version ACM0002 Grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources, ver 21.0
Forecasted GHG Emission Reduction (tCO2e/Year) 197,194
Verified GHG Emission Reduction (tCO2e/Year) 197,194
Forecasted E+ Label Yes
Verified E+ Label Yes
Forecasted S+ Label Yes
Verified S+ Label Yes
Forecasted SDG+ Goals
Verified SDG+ Goals
Forecasted SDG+ Label Silver
Verified SDG+ Label Silver
Forecasted Market Eligibility C+ - Pilot Phase
Verified Market Eligibility C+ - Pilot Phase
Location Details Open Full Map
Country
 India
Focal Point of Project Owners
Azure Power india private limited
Email of Contact Person of FP (Primary) sunil.hansu@azurepower.com
Email of Contact Person of FP (Secondary) kapil.kumar@azurepower.com
Project Verifier LGAI TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER, S.A.
Documents for Global Stakeholder Consultation Project Submision
Calculation Sheet

Other Documents
Request For Registration Documents Verified Project Submision
Verified Calculation Sheet

Other Verified Documents
Request for Registration Form Registration Form
Project Brief

The purpose of this bundled project activity is to generate electricity by harnessing the solar energy by using of solar photovoltaic technology and there by feed the generated electricity to the Indian National grid. 

Bundled project activity involves installation of three Solar photovoltaic power generation projects in Karnataka at three different locations with installed capacities of 40 MW, 40 MW and 50 MW thus total project capacity comes to 130 MW. The projects are installed in different villages of Chitradurga district of Karnataka State of India. The Bundled Project activity has installed the Solar Photovoltaic based panels to convert the available solar radiation into the DC power and there by installed the Inverters to convert the DC power to the AC Power.
 

Additional Information

The bundled project activity is expected to generate annual average electricity of 211,809 MWh and reduces an annual average emission reductions equivalent to 197,194 tCO2 and 1,971,948 tCO2e over the crediting period of 10 years.

VERIFICATION OUTCOME
Report (Public) Verification Report (public)
Verification report date 2024-09-26
First Request for Registration Date 2024-02-19
Opinion

LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) has performed a verification of the “130 MW bundled solar project in Karnataka”. The verification is performed on the basis of GCC criteria project verification standard, Version 3.1 for the project activity, GCC guideline and host country criteria, as well as criteria given to provide for consistent project operations, monitoring and reporting.
The review of the final version of GCC PSF and the subsequent onsite audit / follow-up interviews has provided Applus+ Certification with sufficient evidence to determine the fulfilment of stated criteria. In our opinion, the project meets all relevant GCC project standard requirements for the GCC. The project will hence be recommended by LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) for registration with the GCC.
The Project activity is not likely to cause any net-harm to the environment and/or society and complies with the environmental and Social Standard, and therefore requests the GCC Steering Committee to register the Project Activity, which is likely to achieve the requirements of the Environmental No-net-harm Label (E+) and the Social No-net-harm Label (S+).
The Project activity is likely to contribute to the achievement of United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), comply with the Project Sustainability Standard, and contribute to achieving a total of 3 SDGs (SDG 7, 8 & 13), which is likely to achieve the silver SDG certification label (SDG+).
The Project Activity complies with all the applicable requirement of the GCC Program and ICAO’s requirements on CORSIA Emissions Unit Eligibility Criteria and CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units, as per Clarification No 01, v1.1 paragraph 21-23, and the ACCs expected to be issued during the crediting period is likely to be CORSIA eligible and can be used by International Airlines for offsetting their emissions during all phases of CORSIA and therefore requests GCC Steering Committee to append CORSIA Certification label (C+) to this project.
By displacing fossil fuel-based electricity with electricity generated from a renewable source, the project results in reductions of CO2 emissions that are real, measurable and give long-term benefits to the mitigation of climate change. Emission reductions attributable to the project are hence additional to any that would occur in the absence of the project activity. Given that the project is implemented as designed, the project is likely to achieve the estimated amount of annual emission reductions of 197,194 tCO2e per year.
The verification has been performed following the requirements of the latest version of GCC verification standard, Version 03.1, GCC Project Standard, version 03.1 and on the basis of the contractual agreement. 
In detail the conclusions can be summarized as follows:
-    The project does not result in negative social, environmental and/or economic impacts.
-    The project contribution to Environment, Social Development and Economic and technological development
-    The project additionality is sufficiently justified in the GCC PSF.
-    Conservative assumptions were applied in the project description.
-    The monitoring plan of SDG parameters is transparent and adequate.
-    The project meets the local stakeholder consultation requirements.
The conclusions of this report show, that the project, as it was described in the project documentation, is in line with all criteria applicable for the verification.
 

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