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UpEnergy – Social and Climate Impact Programme-Cooking Devices VPA-25
Gold Standard · GS12377 · Zambia
Credits issued
87,286
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
0% of issued
Remaining
87,286
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
UpEnergy Group will work with micro-entrepreneurs, NGOs, financial institutions, local distribution partners etc. to provide residential/institutions users with clean cooking technologies. UpEnergy would ensure the last-mile distribution/installation of the energy efficient/clean energy technologies to the beneficiaries. This VPA is implemented in host country-Zambia.
The record
- Project ID
- GS12377
- 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
- UpEnergy Group · 98 projects
- Country
- Zambia
- First vintage
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2023-05-01 to 2028-04-30
- Estimated yearly credits
- 48,686
- Scale
- Small Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Registry documents (the project design document and validation report) normally cover consultation and benefit-sharing; open the record in the registry to read them.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2023-05-01 to 2028-04-30
- Credits issued
- 87,286 (retired 0)
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 Zambia as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other cookstoves projects in Zambia
| TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 3 (Zambia) GS11596 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 1,740,737 |
| TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia) GS11145 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 1,722,746 |
| Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Sa... VCS2713 · Registered | 1,598,600 |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2371 · Withdrawn | 951,836 |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2340 · Withdrawn | 780,281 |
| Fuel Efficient Stoves in Zambia (Korea Carbon... VCS2735 · Registered | 451,656 |
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.