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GS Biomass Energy Conservation Programme
Gold Standard · GS11677 · Malawi
Credits issued
0
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
—
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
About this project
The GS Biomass Energy Conservation (BEC) POA is a voluntary initiative by Hestian Innovation Ltd. (Hestian) which aims to promote sustainable development and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from non-renewable biomass fuel through dissemination of cleaner, more energy efficient household cookstoves in Malawi and Rwanda.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11677
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- AMS-II.G. Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass
- Developer
- Hestian Innovation · 44 projects
- Country
- Malawi
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2016-10-15 to 2026-10-14
- Estimated yearly credits
- 460,231
- Scale
- Small Scale · POA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality
- 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 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2016-10-15 to 2026-10-14
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
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 cookstoves projects in Malawi
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2372 · Verification approval requested | 4,444,642 |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2342 · Registered | 2,803,221 |
| Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Sa... VCS2712 · Withdrawn | 1,935,244 |
| Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Sa... VCS2711 · Registered | 707,458 |
| M'tetezi Improved cook-stoves Balaka District... GS4539 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 365,063 |
| GS2444 "GS1265" African Biomass Energy Conserv... GS2444 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 307,967 |
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.