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Carbon projects in Kenya

Carbon-credit projects registered with Gold Standard, Verra, ACR, ART and Plan Vivo, from the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08) with Gold Standard registry details. Every project can be opened for its full record, and each map point says how its location was established.

Projects
354
170 active · 94 in the pipeline
Credits issued
87,709,256
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
43,272,842
49% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
46 · 3
62 projects have a mapped location

Where the projects are

Only projects with a verified location are drawn. Click a point for its details; every click zooms in.

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Point colour is the Carbon Projects theme. The Location column shows how accurate each point is: Project location is exact as published by the registry, Programme location is shared by several projects, Named place and Area centre are approximate.

Community involvement

246 of 354 projects describe who they work with

Read from each project's own description. Where the text does not say, Atlas says so instead of guessing; project design documents in the registry are the place to check consultation and benefit-sharing.

Credits issued by vintage year

Tonnes of CO₂-equivalent

Credits issued by project type

Largest types

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
Kenya biomass gasification for clean cooking
GS11352 · Better Cooking Company Inc.
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 5,2005,200 Country only
Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Kenya 2
VCS3206 · Bridge Carbon EA Stoves Private Limited (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 5,1382,930 Country only
GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 4 Mogotio Improved Cookstoves Kenya
GS3080 · QK TS Pvt. Ltd.
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 4,9374,937 Project location
GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 3 Wema Improved Cookstoves Kenya
GS3079 · QK TS Pvt. Ltd.
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 4,6654,665 Project location
Shimoni Improved Cook Stoves
GS827 · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 4,1194,055 Project location
CPA 041 – BioLite HomeStove in Kenya
GS11195 · BioLite Inc.
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 2,5931,582 Country only
Implementation and operation of water kiosks in Kenya - VPA 1
GS10796 · atmosfair gGmbH
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 1,7831,500 Country only
CPA 061 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya
GS11884 · BioLite Inc.
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 1,2140 Country only
GS7591 VPA 45 Murang'a Improved Cookstove Project
GS11188 · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 1,0911,091 Country only
Deployment of Electric Buses in Kenya
GS12146 · BASIGO LIMITED
Gold Standard Electric Vehicles & Charging Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 642404 Country only
Biomass Briquettes in Tea Factories: Chebut Tombe Boito Itumbe Kapkoro...
GS12188 · TAMU DMCC
Gold Standard Biomass Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 3570 Country only
Lake Turkana 310MW Wind Power Project
GS725 · Lake Turkana Wind Power
Gold Standard Wind Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
Not stated 00 Project location
Kakuma Sustainable Energy Solutions
GS924 · Access 2 Carbon Markets/ e)mission
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households +1 00 Country only
GS1183 Kenya Improved woodstoves POA
GS1183 · EcoAct
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Programme location
GS1183 Kenya Improved woodstoves project Mbeere01 CPA01
GS1188 · Climate Pal Ltd
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Project location
GS 1366 Micro Energy PoA
GS1366 · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households 00 Country only
GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 1 Isiolo Cookstoves
GS1388 · QK TS Pvt. Ltd.
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households 00 Project location
Gorge Farm 2.8 MW Anaerobic Digestion Plant
GS2484 · Tropical Power Limited
Gold Standard Manure Methane Digester Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
smallholder or rural f... 00 Project location
Voluntary Gold Standard multi-country improved cookstove PoA
GS2504 · South Pole Ltd
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 00 Corrected location
African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) PoA
GS2747 · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED
Gold Standard Biodigesters Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households 00 Project location
Cummins Marigat Power Project
GS2909 · Viability Energy Limited
Gold Standard Biomass Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
Not stated 00 Project location
TakaTaka Solutions: Composting and Waste Management in Nairobi Kenya
GS3121 · myclimate Foundation
Gold Standard Waste Recycling In the pipeline
Listed
smallholder or rural f... +1 00 Project location
Improved Cooking Stoves for Africa Master PoA
GS3255 · Envirofit International Ltd.
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households +1 00 Project location
Improved Cooking Stoves for Africa - Kenya VPA001
GS3256 · Envirofit International Ltd.
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households +1 00 Project location
PoA GS973 - JFK CPA1 GS4017/James Finlay Kenya (JFK) CPA1
GS4017 · Uganda Carbon Bureau
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
Not stated 00 Project location
About this data. Project lists, status and credit totals come from the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project's Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0), which compiles the public registries. Gold Standard details and coordinates come from the Gold Standard public registry; Vanga Blue Forest and Mikoko Pamoja come from Plan Vivo. Figures change as registries update. Please cite the Berkeley database and the registry when you use them, and check a registry record before relying on a number.
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