TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia)

The goal of the proposed project is to distribute improved cookstoves (ICS) in households in Zambia. The African Stove Company Ltd. (TASC) is the coordinating/managing entity (CME) of the PoA and is the sole implementer of the VPA. TASC’s mission is financing and developing high-impact climate mitigation projects. The VPA is an activity that was originally anticipated to be included as a CPA under a CDM PoA (6864: Fuel Efficient Stoves in Africa ) and is now transitioning from the CDM to the Gold Standard under the PoA GS11009: TASC Clean Cooking PoA. The VPA is therefore retroactive in nature, as the first ICS was distributed in Zambia on 26th August 2020. The VPA is implemented in communities Zambia where woodfuel is the primary source of energy for cooking and open, 3-stone fires are commonplace. The project ICS combust biomass fuels more efficiently, reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and particulate emissions (PM), thus improving the indoor air quality in project households. Due to the higher thermal efficiency of the ICS relative to the 3-stone fires, the ICS reduce the amount of non-renewable biomass fuel required for meeting similar thermal energy needs. In the absence of the proposed VPA, inefficient 3-stone fires are used for cooking and their replacement with project ICS reduces non-renewable biomass fuel consumption, saving greenhouse gas emissions. At the time of VPA inclusion, there are 45,000 ICS planned for distribution under the VPA, of which c. 35,000 have been distributed and entered into the monitoring database. It is anticipated that the remaining ICS will be distributed by April 2021.

Project ID

GS11145

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

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Developer

THE AFRICAN STOVE COMPANY LIMITED · 9 projects

Country

Zambia

First vintage

2020

Crediting period

2020-07-24 to 2025-07-23

Estimated yearly credits

429,495

Scale

Large Scale · VPA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

The registry gives Zambia as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.