Carbon credit projects in India

Registry records list 1,903 carbon credit projects in India, the largest group renewable energy. Together they have issued 409,690,880 tonnes and retired 252,544,509.

Key figures

Projects

1,903

Registries

4

Credits issued

409,690,880 t

Credits retired

252,544,509 t

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By registry

By category

  • Renewable Energy 836
  • Energy Efficiency 398
  • Not specified 254
  • Forest 133
  • Fuel Switching 118
  • Agriculture 81
  • Ghg Management 64
  • Biomass Cdr 15
  • Alkalinity Cdr 4

India and Article 6

Bilateral agreements
2
Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
Appointed
Participation requirements for the Mechanism
Published
Cooperative approaches
0
Article 6.2 activities
0
Crediting Mechanism activities approved by the host
0
Crediting Mechanism activities registered
0

Country-level facts from UN tracking. Whether a particular project is authorised is not shown here.

Source: UN Article 6 tracking (Article 6 Pipeline, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre) · Data as of 4 September 2026

What these figures mean

Most used methodologies

Hazard context

Wildfire
High
River flood
High
Drought
High

Levels for the country as a whole, not for any one project site.

Source: ThinkHazard hazard assessments · Levels read 25 September 2026

Projects

Largest issuance first.

5.1 MW bundled Wind Power Project in Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

24.7K

issued tCO₂e

7.50 MW Bundled grid-connected wind electricity generation project in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, India

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

24.5K

issued tCO₂e

3 MW Hydro Power Project by Darjeeling Power Pvt. Ltd.

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

24.4K

issued tCO₂e

Wind Power Project in Maharashtra State India

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

24.2K

issued tCO₂e

IOT Mabagas Limited power plant Pudhuchatram

Gold Standard · India · Ghg Management

24.1K

issued tCO₂e

5.8 MW Wind Energy Generation by M/s Patspin India Limited

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

23.6K

issued tCO₂e

GS11695 VPA-1 Water Purifier Project in Maharashtra India

Gold Standard · India

23.5K

issued tCO₂e

Improved Woodstove Project 3 in Udaipur

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

23.5K

issued tCO₂e

GS10818 - Dissemination of Improved Cookstoves in India by Greenway - Dissemination of Improved Cookstoves in Karnataka by Greenway - VPA031

Gold Standard · India

23.4K

issued tCO₂e

1.2 MW World Institute of Sustainable Energy Wind Farm in Karnataka

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

23.4K

issued tCO₂e

Grouped Reforestation Project by Cropzone Agro Forestry Private Limited

Verra · India · Forest

22.7K

issued tCO₂e

Biomass based renewable energy project in a Solvent Extraction Plant, India

Verra · India · Fuel Switching

22.4K

issued tCO₂e

Rice Husk Fired Boiler of 8 ton capacity for process steam generation, at Sara Textiles Limited, Baddi, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh

Verra · India · Fuel Switching

22.3K

issued tCO₂e

Grid-connected wind electricity generation project identified as Project E6 in Maharashtra, India

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

22.2K

issued tCO₂e

Grid connected clean energy project in Jamnagar, Gujarat

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

22.0K

issued tCO₂e

Generation of Electricity in Gujarat from Bundled Wind Energy Project Activity - Bundle 6

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

21.7K

issued tCO₂e

7.25 MW wind energy project of Aruppukottai Sri Jayavilas Ltd

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

21.7K

issued tCO₂e

Bundled Grid Connected 2.9 M.W. Wind Power Project in India by Kamal Engineering Corporation [Unit of KEC Industries Ltd]

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

21.7K

issued tCO₂e

Solar Water Pumps for salt farmers of Kutch

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

21.6K

issued tCO₂e

Ecofren Power 8 MW Renewable Sources Biomass Power Project

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

21.3K

issued tCO₂e

Agroforestry plantations in India

Verra · India · Forest

21.1K

issued tCO₂e

GS10818 - Dissemination of Improved Cookstoves in India by Greenway - Dissemination of Improved Cookstoves in Karnataka by Greenway - VPA032

Gold Standard · India

21.0K

issued tCO₂e

GS1309 Low cost irrigation devices programme in India-VPA 06

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

20.6K

issued tCO₂e

Native Clean Water Programme South East Asia: NE_VPA 01_IND

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

20.5K

issued tCO₂e

14.4 MW Grid Connected Wind Power Project of Vaibhavlaxmi Clean Energy in Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

20.5K

issued tCO₂e

Questions about India

How many carbon credit projects are in India?

1,903, as of 1 June 2026.

Has India signed Article 6 agreements?

2 bilateral agreements, as of 4 September 2026.

Which methodologies are most used in India?

ACM0002 (368), AMS-I-D (333), VMR0006 (113).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026