GS7591 VPA 53 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza Bugesera and Nyamasheke Districts of Rwanda (GS12227)
Gold Standard · GS12227 · Rwanda
About this project
This Small-Scale Voluntary Project Activity under the PoA GS7591 International Programme for Safe Water Access and Efficient Cookstoves involves the distribution of domestic fuel-efficient cook stoves to households in the Kayonza, Bugesera and Nyamasheke Districts, Rwanda. The efficient cook stoves will be distributed for free to users, in exchange for the rights to the Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs). The Kayonza borehole project was a bundle of 16 VPAs with the following GS IDs: GS4897-4901, GS5392-4, GS5033-6, GS5395-6, GS6837-8. The project was closed in 2021 and the last issuance was for 2020 vintage.
The record
- Project ID
- GS12227
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Rwanda
- First vintage
- 2022
- Crediting period
- 2022-06-16 to 2027-06-15
- Estimated yearly credits
- 36,000
- Scale
- Small Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2022
- Crediting period
- 2022-06-16 to 2027-06-15
- Credits issued
- 105,552 (retired 8,680)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
The registry gives Rwanda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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