Letaba Biomass to Energy Project
Gold Standard · GS467 · South Africa
About this project
Letaba Estates is a large citrus farm near the town of Tzaneen in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The farm grows, sells and exports fruit and fruit juice. The fruit juice is made onsite in a juicing plant that needs electricity and steam to operate. Since 1961 when the plant opened, the steam requirement has been met from large coal-fired boilers installed onsite. The project plans to replace the coal needed for peel drying and juice production by renewable biomass (woodchips and sawdust). Tzaneen is home to a thriving forestry industry and there are several sawmills around town. In addition to much wood, large quantities of biomass waste is produced in the form of woodchips and sawdust.
The record
- Project ID
- GS467
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Biomass · Renewable Energy
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS Ecologically Sound Fuel Switch to Biomass with Reduced Energy Requirement v1.
- Developer
- myclimate Foundation · 20 projects
- Country
- South Africa
- First vintage
- 2012
- Crediting period
- 2012-10-04 to 2022-10-03
- Estimated yearly credits
- 16,883
- Scale
- Small Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 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
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2012
- Crediting period
- 2012-10-04 to 2022-10-03
- Credits issued
- 10,355 (retired 10,324)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
- Coordinates
- -23.8782, 30.2988
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
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