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CARBON PROJECT

Aberdares Improved Cook Stoves

Gold Standard · GS883 · Kenya

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Credits issued
101,776
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
89,692
88% of issued
Remaining
12,084
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

This project will distribute approximately 23,000 improved cook stoves to domestic users utilising wood as their primary fuel. The stoves are based on a permanent construction of bricks & mortar, providing improved fuel efficiency and reduced indoor air pollution. This will contribute to an improvement of both local and global environmental quality. Stoves will be built in the area surrounding the Aberdares range, Central Province, Kenya. The Aberdares Range is part of the Kenyan Five Water Towers, which are critical as water catchments, vital for tourism, and hence towards achieving Kenya’s vision 2030. Large scale, uncontrolled, irregular, or illegal human activities like charcoal production, logging, settlements, and crop cultivation, among others, caused devastation within the Aberdares range. In the absence of this project, householders in the areas targeted would cook primarily using traditional inefficient 3-stone (open) fires

The record

Project ID
GS883
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
GS Methodology for Improved Cookstoves and Kitchen Regimes v2.
Developer
CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
Country
Kenya
First vintage
2010
Crediting period
2010-12-01 to 2017-11-30
Estimated yearly credits
70,000
Scale
Small Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land
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 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2010
Crediting period
2010-12-01 to 2017-11-30
Credits issued
101,776 (retired 89,692)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-0.3900, 36.7295
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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