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CARBON PROJECT

Efficient Wood Fuel Stove-Cooking-Sets Lesotho

Gold Standard · GS913 · Lesotho

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Credits issued
273,332
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
49,798
18% of issued
Remaining
223,534
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The CDM Gold Standard project will supply households with efficient wood fuel stove-cooking-sets called SAVE80 in several districts of Lesotho where households use mainly firewood as fuel. Each SAVE80 Set contains a stainless steel stove, several pots with lids and a heat-retaining polypropylene box. The SAVE80 is a portable stove developed and prefabricated by a German manufacturer and assembled in Lesotho by the local Implementer Solar Lights. It has a nominal effective thermal power of 1.5 kW and needs only 250 g of small brittle sticks/twigs of wood to bring 6 litres of water to boil, 80% less than traditional open fires. The stove is suitable for cooking, water heating, sterilising, frying, and for baking. After reaching the boiling point, food can be transferred to the heat-retention box, where it will continue to simmer until it is well cooked. The CDM Gold Standard project will disseminate up to 14.000 SAVE80 stove- cooking-sets.

The record

Project ID
GS913
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
atmosfair gGmbH · 45 projects
Country
Lesotho
First vintage
2012
Crediting period
2012-08-29 to 2022-08-28
Estimated yearly credits
22,000
Scale
Small Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
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 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2012
Crediting period
2012-08-29 to 2022-08-28
Credits issued
273,332 (retired 49,798)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-29.3100, 27.4900
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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