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PROJECT DETAILS

Project Submission No. S00808
Project Title Solar Power Project in Bihar
Project Owner(s) (as per PSF & LOA) Azure Power India Private Limited
Submission Date 2022-06-28
Global Stakeholder Consultation Period 2023-01-10 to
2023-01-24
Registration Date 2025-03-03
Sector 1.Energy industries (renewable-/non-renewable sources)
Project Type Solar Power
GCC/CDM Methodology & Version AMS-I.D.: - Grid Connected renewable electricity generation – Version 18.0
Forecasted GHG Emission Reduction (tCO2e/Year) 15,016
Verified GHG Emission Reduction (tCO2e/Year) 15,016
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) reenu.gaur@azurepower.com
Email of Contact Person of FP (Secondary) kompella.srinivas@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 project activity involves the installation of Solar Power Project in Bihar State of India. The purpose of the project activity is to generate clean electricity with utilization of solar energy. The total installed capacity of the project activity is 10 MW. The solar power project is promoted by Azure Power Eris Private Limited, a subsidiary of Azure Power India Private Limited.

Additional Information

The project activity will replace anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG’s) estimated to be a total of 150,164 tCO2e over the total 10 years crediting period or average 15,016 tCO2e per annum, thereon displacing 161,293 MW amount of electricity over the 10 year crediting period or an average of 16,129 MWh/year amount of electricity over the fixed crediting period of 10 years from the generation-mix of power plants connected to the Indian electricity grid, which is mainly dominated by thermal/ fossil fuel-based power plant.

 

VERIFICATION OUTCOME
Report (Public) Verification Report (public)
Verification report date 2025-02-13
First Request for Registration Date 2024-01-09
Opinion

LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) has performed a verification of the “Solar Power Project in Bihar”. 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 Visit / 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.
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 15,016 tCO2 equivalent 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 project is not likely to cause any net-harm to the environment and/or society and complies with the Environmental and Social Safeguards Standard, and therefore requests the GCC Program 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+); and
-    The project 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 (7, 8, and 13), which is likely to achieve the gold SDG certification label (SDG+) 
-    The Project Activity complies with all the applicable requirement of the GCC Program and Global Carbon Council Project Verification Report 40 of 64 ICAO’s requirements on CORSIA Emissions Unit Eligibility Criteria and CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units, as per Clarification No 1., v1.3 paragraph 23-25, 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. The written attestation from the Host country on double counting shall be submitted by the project owner at ACCs issuance stage. A FAR remains open regarding the same.
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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