M'tetezi Improved cook-stoves Balaka District Malawi
Gold Standard · GS4539 · Malawi
About this project
Chinansi aims to make efficient cook stoves affordable and available to low income rural households across Balaka District in the Republic of Malawi. The M’tetezi improved cook stoves uses less fuelwood (non-renewable biomass) compared to the traditional stove thus reducing carbon emissions. The primary objective of the project activity is to locally manufacture and distribute over 40,000 M’tetezi improved cook stoves between 2015 and 2026 that has been established through laboratory and household cooking test to save up to 59%1 of fuel wood in comparison to traditional stoves to cook the same amount of food.
The record
- Project ID
- GS4539
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- Project Developer · 1 project
- Country
- Malawi
- First vintage
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2021-02-14 to 2026-02-13
- Estimated yearly credits
- 171,329
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 1: No Poverty
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2021-02-14 to 2026-02-13
- Credits issued
- 365,063 (retired 56,602)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
- Coordinates
- -14.9876, 34.9561
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
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