Atlas · Egypt / Carbon Projects
CARBON PROJECT

Ivakale

Gold Standard · GS3901 · Kenya

Credits issued
8,576
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
3,846
45% of issued
Remaining
4,730
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The Kakamega Stove Project aims to disseminate at least 800 fuelwood saving ceramic stoves, so called Upesi-Stoves, in forest adjacent rural communities around Kakamega Forest in Western Kenya. The targeted beneficiaries are all households inside the project boundary which are still using a traditional 3-stone-stove. According to several studies, this traditional 3-stone-stove technology is used by about 80-99% of the households (Habermehl 1994, Myclimate 2011), despite a very low efficiency of about 10%. As a result, huge amounts of firewood are being wasted and the more efficient ceramic stoves have a great potential to reduce the destructive extraction of firewood in Kakamega and its neighboring forests Kisere, Bunyala, Kibiri and Malava, where most of the firewood is collected.

The record

Project ID
GS3901
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
GS Simplified Methodology for Clean and Efficient Cookstoves v1.
Developer
Ivakale · 1 project
Country
Kenya
First vintage
2015
Crediting period
2015-06-01 to 2025-05-31
Estimated yearly credits
2,772
Scale
Micro Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 1: No Poverty
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdslocal communities
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 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 1: No Poverty

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2015
Crediting period
2015-06-01 to 2025-05-31
Credits issued
8,576 (retired 3,846)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
0.2833, 34.7500
Source
Gold Standard registry (public API)
Open on the full map

Other cookstoves projects in Kenya

GS10884 - KOKO Kenya - Ethanol Cookstoves Prog...
GS11440 · Gold Standard Certified Project
14,941,932
Sustainable Deployment of the LifeStraw Family...
GS886 · Gold Standard Certified Project
4,476,205
Burn Stoves Project in Kenya
GS5642 · Gold Standard Certified Project
2,948,369
Hifadhi Improved cook-stoves in Embu County Ke...
GS2898 · Gold Standard Certified Project
2,062,279
Stoves for Life: Energy Efficient Cook Stoves...
GS769 · Gold Standard Certified Project
1,938,784
Energy Efficient Cook Stoves for Siaya Communi...
GS879 · Gold Standard Certified Project
1,797,944
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.
Guest preview · 121s left Explore until the timer ends. Then you’ll be asked to log in or create an account (about two minutes) to keep going.
Ask Atlas