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Qori Q'oncha Improved Cookstoves Diffusion Programme

Active since 2008, the Qori Q'oncha programme provides families in the high Andean regions of Peru with clean cooking technology, reporting 134,573 improved cookstoves installed and 2,846,159 tCO2e in total historical emissions reduction over 14-plus years.

High Andean regions of PeruImproved cookstoveGold Standard Impact Registry, reference ID 1147
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OperatorMicrosol SAS
EcosystemImproved cookstove
StandardGold Standard Impact Registry, reference ID 1147
StatusActive
LocationHigh Andean regions of Peru
Overview

Inside the project

The programme provides families with clean cooking technology to improve their quality of life in an environmentally sustainable way, in high Andean regions where families cook over traditional open fires.

Microsol reports 601,325 people benefited and a 38% average reduction in wood consumption per cookstove.

134,573 cookstoves
Installed
2,846,159 tCO2e
Total historical reduction
601,325 people
Benefited
38% reduction
Wood consumption per cookstove

Objectives

  • Install improved cookstoves across the high Andes
  • Reduce household wood consumption

Approach

  • Microsol SAS installs improved cookstoves across high Andean communities, listed on the Gold Standard Impact Registry.

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. marketplace.goldstandard.org ↗https://marketplace.goldstandard.org/products/qori-q-oncha-improved-cookstoves-diffusion-programme-peru
  2. articles.treepoints.green ↗https://articles.treepoints.green/qori-qoncha-improved-cookstoves-in-peru/

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