Clean Cooking with Biomass Gasification in Zambia
Clean Cooking with Biomass Gasification in Zambia is the first activity (VPA1) under the Clean Cooking Programme for Biomass Gasification, a Gold Standard programme of activities. Emerging Cooking Solutions, its developer, manufactures biomass pellets from waste at a facility in Ndola and pairs them with fan-assisted gasifying SupaMoto stoves under a subscription utility model.
ProponentEmerging Cooking SolutionsEmerging Cooking Solutions
StandardGold Standard
MethodologyGS Methodology for Metered and Measured Energy Cooking Devices
StatusIn validation
LocationZambia (pellet production facility in Ndola)Zambia (pellet production facility in Ndola)
EcosystemFan-assisted gasifying stoveFan-assisted gasifying stove with pellet fuel
Inside the project
The project replaces charcoal for cooking with waste biomass pellets powered by fan-assisted gasifying stoves.
The registry snapshot the hub holds (VROD v2026-08) lists the activity as GS11509, the first activity of the programme of activities registered as GS11508, with the status Gold Standard Certified Design and the developer Emerging Cooking Solutions Sweden AB.
Objectives
- Replace charcoal cooking with waste-biomass pellet stoves
Approach
- Waste biomass pellets are produced at a facility in Ndola and sold to households alongside fan-assisted gasifying stoves under a subscription model.
Related projects
Luangwa Community Forests Project
- Same country: Zambia
Restore Africa
- Same country: Zambia
Registry
- Gold Standard project id
- 11509
- Issued
- 0
- Retired
- 0
- Remaining
- 0
- Buffer pool deposits
- 0
- Status
- Gold Standard Certified Design