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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticKenyaRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Circle Gas LPG Smart Meter Program in Kenya

Developer: CIRCLE GAS LIMITED

GS-3352 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11331

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#1656of 1734 in Industrial#186of 191 in Kenya#2118of 2180 in Gold Standard (GS)

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 1 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.3 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-01medium confidence

evidence:25/27registry documents analyzed · 5red flags

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Analysis

The Circle Gas LPG Smart Meter Program is a legitimate energy-efficiency project displacing charcoal with LPG, but its integrity is severely undermined by a VVB accreditation lapse during verification, multiple material calculation errors that reduced claimed ERs by roughly 25%, and the absence of a buffer pool or explicit reversal-risk treatment. Ten cross-document contradictions in ERR figures, usage rates, leakage deductions, and monitoring methods further erode confidence in the reported data. The project's safeguards (FPIC, grievance mechanism) and confirmed additionality are positive, but the cumulative weight of data-reliability issues places it in the lower tier.

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Findings

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology approved by ICVCMGS TPDDTEC

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: registry label

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
10,69910,6990
2021
287,468257,97029,498
2022
696,276275,483420,793
2023
542,06818,006524,062
2024
113,1540113,154
Total1,649,665562,1581,087,507

Retired by

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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