TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia)
TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia)
The goal of the proposed project is to distribute improved cookstoves (ICS) in households in Zambia.
The African Stove Company Ltd. (TASC) is the coordinating/managing entity (CME) of the PoA and is the sole implementer of the VPA. TASC's mission is financing and developing high-impact climate mitigation projects.
The VPA is an activity that was originally anticipated to be included as a CPA under a CDM PoA (6864: Fuel Efficient Stoves in Africa ) and is now transitioning from the CDM to the Gold Standard under the PoA GS11009: TASC Clean Cooking PoA. The VPA is therefore retroactive in nature, as the first ICS was distributed in Zambia on 26th August 2020.
The VPA is implemented in communities Zambia where woodfuel is the primary source of energy for cooking and open, 3-stone fires are commonplace.
The project ICS combust biomass fuels more efficiently, reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and particulate emissions (PM), thus improving the indoor air quality in project households. Due to the higher thermal efficiency of the ICS relative to the 3-stone fires, the ICS reduce the amount of non-renewable biomass fuel required for meeting similar thermal energy needs.
In the absence of the proposed VPA, inefficient 3-stone fires are used for cooking and their replacement with project ICS reduces non-renewable biomass fuel consumption, saving greenhouse gas emissions.
At the time of VPA inclusion, there are 45,000 ICS planned for distribution under the VPA, of which c. 35,000 have been distributed and entered into the monitoring database. It is anticipated that the remaining ICS will be distributed by April 2021.
Project Overview
TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia) | |
Carbon Offsetting | |
Household & Community - Cookstoves | |
Energy Efficiency - Domestic | |
THE AFRICAN STOVE COMPANY LIMITED | |
GS11145 | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | |
Zambia |
Project Details
2021 | |
Gold Standard (VER) | |
Reduction | |
2020 | |
431949 | |
No | |
GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption |
Registry URL
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 1: No Poverty
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SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 5: Gender Equality
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SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 13: Climate Action
Delivered Documents
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Project Design Document (PDD)
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Verification Report
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Emission/Project Report
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Monitoring Report