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GS1247 VPA 56 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · GS4897 · Rwanda

Credits issued
41,872
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
40,310
96% of issued
Remaining
1,562
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

This Micro-Scale Voluntary Project Activity 56 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project, Rwanda (mVPA), is eligible under the Gold Standard methodology Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption Version 1. The project will support the provision of safe water,using borehole technology, to hundreds of households within Kayonza District.

The record

Project ID
GS4897
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Community Boreholes · 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
CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
Country
Rwanda
First vintage
2015
Crediting period
2015-12-15 to 2022-12-14
Estimated yearly credits
10,000
Scale
Micro Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · 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 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2015
Crediting period
2015-12-15 to 2022-12-14
Credits issued
41,872 (retired 40,310)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Programme location Location stated by the registry and shared by several projects of one programme
Coordinates
-1.8500, 30.6500
Source
Gold Standard registry (public API)
Note
Same coordinates are shared by 16 registry entries of one programme
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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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