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Biolite Solar Lighting Project in Malawi
Gold Standard · GS11397 · Malawi
Credits issued
10,836
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
10,836
100% of issued
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
The Biolite Solar lighting project in Malawi is a Solar home lighting distribution system project being implemented in Malawi. The project activity distributes solar lighting system to individuals, households, and communities who used to have kerosene fuel-based lighting technologies in the project baseline.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11397
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Solar Lighting · Renewable Energy
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- AMS-I.A. Electricity generation by the user
- Developer
- BioLite Inc. · 41 projects
- Country
- Malawi
- First vintage
- 2022
- Crediting period
- 2020-09-15 to 2025-09-14
- Estimated yearly credits
- 84,397
- Scale
- Small Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 1: No Poverty
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
householdslocal communities
Basis: Project description (Gold Standard registry). This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 1: No Poverty
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2022
- Crediting period
- 2020-09-15 to 2025-09-14
- Credits issued
- 10,836 (retired 10,836)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map
The registry gives Malawi as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other solar lighting projects in Malawi
| *SolarAid Microsolar Lanterns Project for Mala... GS393 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 35 |
| Namene Solar Lights Distribution Programme in... GS10877 · Listed | 0 |
Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.