Technology-based solutions

Explore clean cooking, off-grid energy, renewable power and other technology-based projects. Find who delivers the work, where it takes place and what its public sources report.

World map of project locationsKenya, 10 plotted of 13 listedIndia, 8 plotted of 9 listedRwanda, 5 plotted of 8 listedUganda, 5 plotted of 6 listedIndonesia, 5 projectsVietnam, 5 projectsDR Congo, 4 projectsMexico, 4 plotted of 5 listedColombia, 4 projectsPhilippines, 4 projectsZambia, 4 projectsBangladesh, 4 projectsMadagascar, 3 projectsTanzania, 3 projectsNepal, 3 projectsCambodia, 3 projectsMozambique, 3 projectsPeru, 3 projectsNigeria, 2 plotted of 3 listedLaos, 2 projectsEthiopia, 2 projectsSouth Africa, 2 projectsChile, 2 projectsArgentina, 2 projectsBrazil, 2 projectsMyanmar, 2 projectsEgypt, 1 projectHonduras, 1 plotted of 2 listedVanuatu, 1 projectZimbabwe, 1 projectTogo, 1 plotted of 2 listedDjibouti, 1 projectNiger, 1 projectMalawi, 1 projectSenegal, 1 projectPakistan, 1 projectCôte d'Ivoire, 1 projectGhana, 1 plotted of 2 listedSudan, 1 projectTunisia, 1 projectGuinea-Bissau, 1 projectSamoa, 1 projectSolomon Islands, 1 projectHaiti, 1 projectGuatemala, 1 plotted of 3 listedCameroon, 1 projectSierra Leone, 1 projectBurkina Faso, 1 project
118 of 129 projects plotted · 48 countries · other projects remain in the directory

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Panoramic view of the grassy hills and typical rural landscape near Ankazobe, in the Analamanga region of Madagascar. Geographic context.ActivePhoto: Location context · Mammysou17 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026 · Resized; display crop
Ten local production/distribution centres nationwide, Madagascar

ADES energy-saving and solar cookers

A Swiss-Malagasy organisation manufacturing energy-saving and solar cookers since 2001.

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Makueni landscape, Kenya Geographic context.ActivePhoto: Location context · Aaron & Lisa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2018 · Resized; display crop
Makueni, Machakos and Kitui counties, Kenya

Africa Sand Dam Foundation sand dams, southeast Kenya

Community-built sand dams that store seasonal river water in sand, so dryland families in Ukambani have water close to home.

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A rural landscape showing oil palm trees, banana plants, and cultivated farmland under a blue sky in Nigeria. Geographic context.ActivePhoto: Location context · Victorpeter001 · CC BY 4.0 · 2026 · Resized; display crop
Rural Nigeria

Agasco Improved Cookstoves (with Roshan Renewables)

Agasco and Roshan Renewables target 50,000 improved cookstoves distributed per year in rural Nigeria.

Gold Standard Eligibility (no registry ID shown)View
Kigali city centre, December 2016. Historical city context; Ampersand motorcycles or swap stations are not identified.ActivePhoto: Location context · ITU Regional Development Forum for Africa · CC BY 2.0 · 2016 · Resized; display crop
Kigali, Rwanda (network also extends into Kenya)

Ampersand e-moto battery-swap network

A Kigali-based battery-swap network for electric motorcycles, extending into Kenya.

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An OMA Services BasiGo E9 Kubwa electric bus on Gedi Street, Nairobi, 2025.ActivePhoto: Project photograph · Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2025 · Resized; display crop
Kenya and Rwanda

BasiGo electric buses

Electric buses for private matatu and bus operators, leased on a Pay-As-You-Drive model with charging and servicing included.

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Bboxx DRC solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA) climate context illustrationActive
Kivu, Ituri and Tshopo provinces; HQ Kinshasa/Ngaliema, DR Congo

Bboxx DRC solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)

Operating in DR Congo since 2017, distributing clean energy, clean cooking and smartphones.

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Bboxx Kenya solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA) climate context illustrationActive
Rural and urban Kenya (operations since 2011)

Bboxx Kenya solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)

Operating in Kenya since 2011, now part of Bboxx's Gold Standard-certified pan-African carbon-credit programme.

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Bboxx Rwanda solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA) climate context illustrationActive
Rural, peri-urban and urban Rwanda (Bboxx's first market, launched Kigali 2013)

Bboxx Rwanda solar home systems (Gold Standard PoA)

Bboxx's first market, launched in Kigali in 2013, now part of a Gold Standard-certified pan-African carbon-credit programme.

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Benban solar and battery project (HAU Energy and Infinity Power) climate context illustrationEarly stage
Benban, near Aswan, Egypt

Benban solar and battery project (HAU Energy and Infinity Power)

A 200 MW solar plant with a 120 MWh battery at Benban near Aswan, financed by a US$65 million EBRD construction loan.

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Betulia Hydroelectric Project climate context illustrationActive
Betulia Valley, northern Honduras

Betulia Hydroelectric Project

A 6.8 MW run-of-river hydropower plant registered under Gold Standard in the Betulia Valley.

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Beyond Biomass Tanzania climate context illustrationActive
Nationwide, Tanzania

Beyond Biomass Tanzania

UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Tanzania, certified by Gold Standard as GS12082.

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A view of wetland vegetation and rural landscape in Kihiihi, Kanungu District, southwestern Uganda. Geographic context.ActivePhoto: Location context · Elivis256 · CC0 · 2026 · Resized; display crop
Nationwide, Uganda

Beyond Biomass Uganda

UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Uganda, certified by Gold Standard as GS11579.

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Wind turbines near La Ventosa, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2011. Regional wind-energy landscape; the pictured turbines are not identified as Bii Nee Stipa II.CompletedPhoto: Location context · Thelmadatter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2011 · Resized; display crop
Isthmus of Tehuantepec ('La Ventosa' region), Oaxaca State, Mexico

Bii Nee Stipa II Wind Farm

A 74 MW, 37-turbine wind farm in Oaxaca's 'La Ventosa' wind corridor.

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Biogas Pilot Programme, Lao PDR climate context illustrationCompleted
Five provinces including Savannakhet, Laos

Biogas Pilot Programme, Lao PDR

An SNV-supported pilot building a household biodigester market across five Lao provinces.

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Biogas Support Programme (BSP-Nepal) climate context illustrationActive
Kageshwori Manohara Municipality, Kathmandu (HQ); nationwide programme, Nepal

Biogas Support Programme (BSP-Nepal)

BSP-Nepal promotes rural biogas technology from its Kathmandu headquarters.

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Bogotá electric bus fleet and La Rolita climate context illustrationActive
Bogotá, Colombia

Bogotá electric bus fleet and La Rolita

Bogotá's electric buses on TransMilenio and the SITP network, including La Rolita, the city's own all-electric public operator.

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Brenwe Hydropower Plant climate context illustrationActive
Malekula island, Vanuatu

Brenwe Hydropower Plant

A 400 kW run-of-river hydropower plant supplying most of Malekula island's grid.

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Bundled Landfill Gas Recovery Project in Indonesia climate context illustrationCompleted
Pinang, Samarinda (Kalimantan); Kebun Kongok, Mataram (Lombok); Palu (Sulawesi), Indonesia

Bundled Landfill Gas Recovery Project in Indonesia

A single CDM registration bundling three landfill gas sites in Kalimantan, Lombok and Sulawesi.

CDM Project 4566, methodology ACM0001 ver.11View