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CARBON PROJECT

Namene Solar Light Company: Solar Lighting Project Zambia 1

Gold Standard · GS7002 · Zambia

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
150,533
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
51,052
34% of issued
Remaining
99,481
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

To eradicate the use of high cost, dangerous and GHG emitting kerosene lamps and paraffin candles, the Namene Solar Light Company Programme of Activities aims to distribute Lighting Global certified, pico-solar lights (the SM100) to households across Africa. A significant market penetration of pico-solar lights will reduce the emitted mass of GHGs and climate forcing black carbon generated from fossil fuel-based sources of lighting used by households in rural Africa.Climate financing secured from successful Gold Standard accreditation would be used to support the substitution of kerosene lamps and paraffin candles with pico-solar lights, the SM100. Critical to mass market adoption and penetration is breakthrough in affordability of pico-solar lights as a clean and safe substitute for kerosene lamps and candles. The UN SDG impacts of this Project, spanning local rural community and national level, are significant, broad and far reaching. A quote from a stakeholder, a Headteacher from a school near Mongu, Western Province – “Poverty leads to a lack of light, this leads to a lack of homework, this to poor performance and this back to poverty.” This Project aims to break this vicious cycle.

The record

Project ID
GS7002
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Solar Lighting · Renewable Energy
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
NAMENE CLIMATE INVESTMENT VEHICLE LIMITED · 6 projects
Country
Zambia
First vintage
2020
Crediting period
2020-09-15 to 2025-09-14
Estimated yearly credits
41,869
Scale
Small Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdsschoolslocal 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 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2020
Crediting period
2020-09-15 to 2025-09-14
Credits issued
150,533 (retired 51,052)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-15.3800, 28.3200
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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