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Beyond Biomass Uganda
Beyond Biomass is UpEnergy's metered clean-cooking programme, certified by Gold Standard as GS11579 in Uganda and GS12082 in Tanzania. UpEnergy reports that the programme is projected to distribute 250,000 metered clean cookstoves by 2028, with 10,000 units already deployed.
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OperatorUpEnergy
EcosystemMetered electric cookstoves
StandardGold Standard (GS11579)
StatusActive
LocationNationwide, Uganda
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 $0.51 a day in fuel in Uganda.
250,000 cookstoves
Planned by 2028 (Uganda and Tanzania)
10,000 units
Deployed so far (programme-wide)
Objectives
- Distribute 250,000 metered clean cookstoves by 2028 across Uganda and Tanzania
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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