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GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 3 Wema Improved Cookstoves Kenya

Gold Standard · GS3079 · Kenya

Credits issued
4,665
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
4,665
100% of issued
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

This Micro-Scale Voluntary Project Activity in Wema (formerly Weseges and Maji Tamu Locations) Area Development Programme (ADP), Nakuru County, Kenya, seeks to remove market barriers to the adoption of sustainable energy technologies by households in Wema through the promotion of fuel efficient cook stoves. The majority of families in Wema do not have access to fuel-efficient cook stoves due to financial and access barriers. Co2balance acting as a carbon consultant for World Vision, aim to promote efficient cookstoves in Wema ADP using established micro finance institutions which will make the stoves affordable to the most vulnerable community members.In addition to reducing the usage of biomass, and thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the distribution of fuel-efficient cook stoves will also lessen the amount of harmful smoke and indoor air pollution currently associated with traditional three-stone fires. This will result in a decrease in the incidences of negative health impacts, such as respiratory diseases, amongst rural households

The record

Project ID
GS3079
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
QK TS Pvt. Ltd. · 9 projects
Country
Kenya
First vintage
2014
Crediting period
2014-11-20 to 2021-11-19
Estimated yearly credits
10,000
Scale
Micro Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
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 15: Life On Land · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2014
Crediting period
2014-11-20 to 2021-11-19
Credits issued
4,665 (retired 4,665)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-0.0280, 36.1310
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.
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