AMEA Power Solar Farm in Burkina Faso
Gold Standard · GS12173 · Burkina Faso
About this project
The project is being executed in a very challenging environment, in a land-locked country and one the lowest developed economies in Africa. Furthermore, the political situation in the country is very unstable with two coup d’états in 2022 (one in January 2022 and another one in October 2022). Therefore, the local communities of rural areas (like the region where the project is being developed) are suffering for the lack of economic opportunities and infrastructure development. The Project will provide to Burkina Faso competitive electricity produced with a sustainable and environmentally friendly source (the solar irradiation) while at the same time will provide job opportunities to the local community. In order to make feasible the Project in such a difficult environment, the Project will use the revenues from the sale of carbon credits to support its normal operations as well as the community based programs for the local population.
The record
- Project ID
- GS12173
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Solar - Centralized · Renewable Energy
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- AMEA Power Ltd · 6 projects
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2024-07-17 to 2029-07-16
- Estimated yearly credits
- 31,965
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2024-07-17 to 2029-07-16
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Burkina Faso as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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