TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia)

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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

iconProject Name: TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia)
iconProject Kind: Carbon Offsetting
iconProject Type: Household & Community - Cookstoves
iconProject Type from Registry: Energy Efficiency - Domestic
iconProject Developer: THE AFRICAN STOVE COMPANY LIMITED
iconProject ID: GS11145
iconRegion: Sub-Saharan Africa
iconCountry: Zambia

Project Details

iconYear:2022
iconRegistry:Gold Standard (VER)
iconMechanism:Reduction
iconFirst Year of Project (Vintage):2020
iconEst Annual Credits:431949
iconCorsia eligable:No
iconMethodology:GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption

Sustainable Development Goals

    • check icon SDG 1: No Poverty
    • check icon SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
    • check icon SDG 5: Gender Equality
    • check icon SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
    • check icon SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
    • check icon SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
    • check icon SDG 13: Climate Action

Delivered Documents

  • check icon Project Design Document (PDD)
  • check icon Verification Report
  • check icon Emission/Project Report
  • check icon Monitoring Report

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