GS12443 VPA 41: ECC_Multi-country Electric Clean Cooking Programme in Zambia
Gold Standard · GS12842 · Zambia
About this project
This VPA has been strategically designed to introduce metered cooking devices, specifically Induction Cookstoves (ICs), with the primary goal of displacing or reducing the consumption of charcoal and other conventional fuels in urban and peri-urban households located within the Republic of Zambia. These innovative ICs will harness cooking energy directly from the national electrical grid. This VPA, with its focus on deploying Induction Cookstoves powered by clean electricity, represents a forward-thinking and environmentally conscious approach to addressing the persistent reliance on polluting fuels for cooking in the Republic of Zambia. By leveraging the advantages of electricity from renewable sources and metered cooking technology, this initiative aims to significantly reduce the environmental impact associated with traditional cooking methods while simultaneously improving the quality of life for countless households.
The record
- Project ID
- GS12842
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- ECOA Climate Capital · 45 projects
- Country
- Zambia
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2026-01-02 to 2031-01-01
- Estimated yearly credits
- 126,756
- Scale
- Large Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 4: Quality Education
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Listed (In the pipeline)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2026-01-02 to 2031-01-01
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
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 VCS2371 · Withdrawn | 951,836 |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 |