Clean Cooking in Tanzania: Pay-As-You-Go Smart Metering Solution

The Clean Cooking Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Smart Metering Solution aims to reduce the high demand for wood, charcoal, and kerosene traditionally used for cooking in households across targeted areas in Tanzania. Circle Gas achieves this by installing LPG cylinders equipped with smart meters that accurately monitor consumption and enable the PAYG model, making clean cooking accessible to low-income households by removing the barrier of upfront refilling costs. The primary objective of the Project is to expand LPG access, thus reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating the adverse impacts of traditional fuel use. Switching from inefficient biomass to clean-burning LPG reduces CO₂ and black carbon emissions, contributing to climate action goals (SDG 13). By replacing traditional biomass and kerosene with LPG, the program reduces exposure to harmful smoke, benefiting household air quality and health. This shift significantly impacts women and children, who are disproportionately affected by respiratory illnesses linked to Household Air Pollution (HAP), a leading cause of mortality in Africa (SDG 3). Efficient LPG technology reduces the time women and girls spend on fuel collection, enabling them to pursue income-generating activities and education (SDGs 4 & 5). The program alleviates the financial burden on low-income households by providing affordable energy alternatives and creating thousands of high-quality jobs (SDG 1). Affordable, Clean Energy: Expanding access to affordable energy for cooking directly supports sustainable energy goals (SDG 7). The project creates employment, particularly for youth in sales, service, and overall program management roles (SDG 8).

Project ID

GS13111

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

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Developer

CIRCLE GAS LIMITED · 3 projects

Country

Tanzania

First vintage

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Crediting period

2024-04-30 to 2029-04-30

Estimated yearly credits

119,711

Scale

Large Scale · Standalone

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

The registry gives Tanzania as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.