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Beyond Biomass Tanzania
Beyond Biomass is UpEnergy's metered clean-cooking programme, certified by Gold Standard as GS12082 in Tanzania and GS11579 in Uganda. UpEnergy reports that the programme is projected to distribute 250,000 metered clean cookstoves by 2028, with 10,000 units already deployed.
OperatorUpEnergy
EcosystemMetered electric cookstoves
StandardGold Standard (GS12082)
StatusActive
LocationNationwide, Tanzania
Overview
Inside the project
UpEnergy describes the programme as issuing Africa's first electric cooking carbon credits under Gold Standard's metered methodology.
It estimates that moving from charcoal to electric cooking saves a household about $0.26 a day in fuel in Tanzania and 37 minutes of cooking time a day.
250,000 cookstoves
Planned by 2028 (Tanzania and Uganda)
10,000 units
Deployed so far (programme-wide)
Objectives
- Distribute 250,000 metered clean cookstoves by 2028 across Tanzania and Uganda
Approach
- Households move from charcoal to metered electric cookstoves, and metered use is the basis for crediting under Gold Standard's metered methodology.
Sources
Inspect 2 sources
- upenergygroup.com ↗https://www.upenergygroup.com/press/first-ever-electric-cooking-carbon-credits-under-gold-standards-metered-methodology
- carbonherald.com ↗https://carbonherald.com/upenergy-issues-africas-first-ever-electric-cooking-carbon-credits-under-gold-standards-new-metered-methodology/
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