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CARBON PROJECT

GS10789 VPA8: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Kenya

Gold Standard · GS11603 · Kenya

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
90,894
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
77,515
85% of issued
Remaining
13,379
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

This VPA deploys highly efficient improved Firewood cookstoves (ICS), known as ‘Kuniokoas’ reducing woody biomass consumption for rural households in the Republic of Kenya. For a more detailed technical description of the ICS see section A.5. of this document. The VPA is implemented by BURN Manufacturing Co. (in the following ‘BURN’), at the same time Coordinating and Managing Entity (CME) of the PoA, the biggest manufacturer of highly efficient improved cookstoves in Sub-Saharan Africa producing all its stoves in the first and only modern cookstove manufacturing facility in Kenya. BURN collaborates with various local partners on the ground to assist in the different activities of this cookstove project. The scenario existing prior to the implementation of the project is the use of very inefficient traditional cookstoves or 3 stone fires, consuming a lot of non-renewable charcoal and firewood. The high biomass consumption has negative impacts on the environment leading to deforestation and land degradation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions, loss of soil fertility and soils’ reduced ability of water retention. Further, indoor air pollution through health-damaging pollutants while combusting firewood and charcoal result in diseases like e.g. pneumonia, stroke, ischemic heart diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and lung cancer. The project activity will relieve these negative impacts. The PoA is a voluntary action by the CME

The record

Project ID
GS11603
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
ECC- Talanton Trust · 2 projects
Country
Kenya
First vintage
2021
Crediting period
2021-03-31 to 2026-03-30
Estimated yearly credits
120,144
Scale
Large Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 4: Quality Education
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

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

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2021
Crediting period
2021-03-31 to 2026-03-30
Credits issued
90,894 (retired 77,515)

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 Kenya 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.
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