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CARBON PROJECT

Solar Lighting in Rural Ethiopia - VPA 1

Gold Standard · GS922 · Ethiopia

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
51,159
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
36,749
72% of issued
Remaining
14,410
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The project aims to install small photovoltaic cells on the roofs of thousands of houses in Ethiopia and provide the households with the equipment for using the produced electricity for lighting. Thereby, the population can use clean electricity and can avoid using kerosene lamps. In Ethiopia’s rural areas approximately 98 percent of the population do not have access to electricity. The alternatively used kerosene lamps deliver inappropriate lighting and affect people’s health. By replacing kerosene with solar energy greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by the project. The Solar Energy Foundation (SEF) was founded in Addis Abeba to implement the project and to establish a sustainable solar market in Ethiopia. In addition, the “International Solar Energy School (ISES)" was set up to train personnel to professionally install and maintain solar home systems in Ethiopia.

The record

Project ID
GS922
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Solar Lighting · Renewable Energy
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
AMS-I.A. Electricity generation by the user
Developer
myclimate Foundation · 20 projects
Country
Ethiopia
First vintage
2010
Crediting period
2010-09-13 to 2020-09-13
Estimated yearly credits
10,000
Scale
Micro Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdsschools
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 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2010
Crediting period
2010-09-13 to 2020-09-13
Credits issued
51,159 (retired 36,749)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map

The registry gives Ethiopia as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.

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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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