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Beyond Biomass: UpEnergy Electric Cooking-VPA 1
Gold Standard · GS11579 · Uganda
Credits issued
637
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
0% of issued
Remaining
637
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
The VPA is planned to be implemented in Uganda involves the distribution of Electric cooking devices. The project replace the low efficiency, traditional biomass-fired stoves and/or inefficient LPG, used for meeting similar thermal energy needs in the baseline. The VPA is a voluntary activity.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11579
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- UpEnergy Group · 98 projects
- Country
- Uganda
- First vintage
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2023-04-01 to 2028-03-31
- Estimated yearly credits
- 28,691
- Scale
- Small Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Registry documents (the project design document and validation report) normally cover consultation and benefit-sharing; open the record in the registry to read them.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2023-04-01 to 2028-03-31
- Credits issued
- 637 (retired 0)
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 Uganda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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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.