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GS1366 VPA 9 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project
Gold Standard · GS7131 · Kenya
Credits issued
10,395
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
10,395
100% of issued
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
The Micro-Scale Voluntary Project Activity in Kilifi County (Kenya) 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 Kilifi County. By providing safe water, the project will ensure that households consume less firewood during the process of water purification and as a result there shall be a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion process.
The record
- Project ID
- GS7131
- 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
- Kenya
- First vintage
- 2018
- Crediting period
- 2018-12-11 to 2023-12-10
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 5: Gender Equality · 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 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2018
- Crediting period
- 2018-12-11 to 2023-12-10
- Credits issued
- 10,395 (retired 10,395)
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
- -0.0230, 37.9000
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
- Note
- Same coordinates are shared by 10 registry entries of one programme
Other community boreholes projects in Kenya
| GS7591 VPA 1 Western Kenya Borehole Rehabilita... GS7557 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 220,358 |
| VPA 28 Coastal Kenya Borehole Rehabilitation P... GS7692 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 123,522 |
| VPA 6 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7128 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 65,315 |
| VPA 16 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7513 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 47,502 |
| GS1366 VPA 7 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Pr... GS7129 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 11,055 |
| GS1366 VPA 8 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Pr... GS7130 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 10,623 |
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.