Installation of High Efficiency Firewood Cookstoves in Malawi

In rural Malawi, traditional cooking methods typically involve burning large amounts of wood in inefficient, open fires. These fires not only pose severe health risks to women and girls as the cooks of the households through the inhalation of smoke and toxic particulates but also, to the surrounding environment through the frequent and unsustainable harvest of large trees. In Malawi, 90.9% of households rely on firewood as their main fuel source for cooking. The VPA “Installation of High Efficiency Firewood Cookstoves in Malawi” will deploy improved cookstoves (ICS) that are substantially more fuel efficient for households. Rural communities in Malawi are considered as the target population at the start of the VPA.

Project ID

GS11359

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption v3.1

Developer

C-Quest Capital Stoves Asia Ltd · 7 projects

Country

Malawi

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2022-01-01 to 2026-12-31

Estimated yearly credits

155,993

Scale

Large Scale · VPA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 4: Quality Education

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

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