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Hifadhi Improved cook-stoves in Embu County Kenya
Gold Standard · GS2898 · Kenya
Credits issued
2,062,279
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
1,408,076
68% of issued
Remaining
654,203
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
The objective of this project is to make efficient cookstoves affordable and available to low income rural households across Embu County, Republic of Kenya. Thus, this project aims at manufacturing and distributing improved cookstoves, called Hifadhi stoves that save up to 58% of fuel wood in comparison to traditional stoves to cook the same amount of food.
The record
- Project ID
- GS2898
- 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 v 1.
- Developer
- Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF · 8 projects
- Country
- Kenya
- First vintage
- 2013
- Crediting period
- 2013-04-16 to 2023-04-15
- Estimated yearly credits
- 174,722
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action
- 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 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2013
- Crediting period
- 2013-04-16 to 2023-04-15
- Credits issued
- 2,062,279 (retired 1,408,076)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
- Coordinates
- -0.5311, 37.4506
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
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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.