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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
| Project | Registry | Type | Status | Community | Issued | Retired | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya biomass gasification for clean cooking GS11352 · Better Cooking Company Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 5,200 | 5,200 | 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 | 5,138 | 2,930 | 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 | 4,937 | 4,937 | 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 | 4,665 | 4,665 | Project location |
| Shimoni Improved Cook Stoves GS827 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,119 | 4,055 | Project location |
| CPA 041 – BioLite HomeStove in Kenya GS11195 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 2,593 | 1,582 | 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 | 1,783 | 1,500 | Country only |
| CPA 061 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11884 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,214 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 45 Murang'a Improved Cookstove Project GS11188 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,091 | 1,091 | Country only |
| Deployment of Electric Buses in Kenya GS12146 · BASIGO LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Electric Vehicles & Charging | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 642 | 404 | 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 | 357 | 0 | Country only |
| Lake Turkana 310MW Wind Power Project GS725 · Lake Turkana Wind Power |
Gold Standard | Wind | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Kakuma Sustainable Energy Solutions GS924 · Access 2 Carbon Markets/ e)mission |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1183 Kenya Improved woodstoves POA GS1183 · EcoAct |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households | 0 | 0 | Programme location |
| GS1183 Kenya Improved woodstoves project Mbeere01 CPA01 GS1188 · Climate Pal Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS 1366 Micro Energy PoA GS1366 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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... | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Voluntary Gold Standard multi-country improved cookstove PoA GS2504 · South Pole Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 0 | 0 | Corrected location |
| African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) PoA GS2747 · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Cummins Marigat Power Project GS2909 · Viability Energy Limited |
Gold Standard | Biomass | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Improved Cooking Stoves for Africa Master PoA GS3255 · Envirofit International Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Improved Cooking Stoves for Africa - Kenya VPA001 GS3256 · Envirofit International Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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.