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GS7591 VPA 54 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza Bugesera and Nyamasheke Districts of Rwanda (GS12228)
Gold Standard · GS12228 · Rwanda
Credits issued
83,773
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
2,155
3% of issued
Remaining
81,618
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
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 record
- Project ID
- GS12228
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Rwanda
- First vintage
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2022-12-28 to 2027-12-27
- Estimated yearly credits
- 36,000
- Scale
- Small Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- 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 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2022-12-28 to 2027-12-27
- Credits issued
- 83,773 (retired 2,155)
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 Rwanda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other cookstoves projects in Rwanda
| DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in Rwand... VCS4150 · Verification approval requested | 8,552,433 |
| DelAgua Improved Cookstove Grouped Project VCS3699 · Verification approval requested | 2,692,966 |
| BioLite Africa Improved Stove Program VCS4151 · Registered | 922,902 |
| Rwandan Improved Cookstove Project VCS2984 · Registered | 484,726 |
| Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda GS1060 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 358,779 |
| CPA 4 Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwand... GS4259 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 301,346 |
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.