Improved Cooking Stoves PoA in Africa
Gold Standard · GS2659 · South Africa
About this project
The purpose of this Programme of Activities (PoA) is the dissemination of improved biomass cooking stoves (ICS) in a number of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), starting with Kenya and South Africa. The Programme will promote stove categories that replace existing less efficient cooking stoves using woody biomass (wood-fuel and/or charcoal). The ICS to be distributed are more efficient in transferring heat from the fuel to the pot when compared to the stoves typically being used in SSA. By replacing inefficient stoves, the PoA will save on consumption of woody biomass (either wood or charcoal made of wood), which is the dominant fuel used for cooking in SSA countries. The ICSs applied in this PoA have been designed to match the traditional utensils and cooking habits of the people in SSA.
The record
- Project ID
- GS2659
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- AMS-II.G. Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass
- Developer
- Envirofit International Ltd. · 16 projects
- Country
- South Africa
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2013-10-21 to 2020-10-20
- Scale
- Small Scale · POA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Listed (In the pipeline)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2013-10-21 to 2020-10-20
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
- Coordinates
- -31.5667, 28.7667
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
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