GS1247 VPA 153 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Project, Rwanda
GS-1445 ↗ · current registry ID: GS6788
#152of 1329 in Industrial#11of 139 in Rwanda#277of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard improved cookstove project in Rwanda with VVB-verified additionality and recent baseline reassessment, but undermined by multiple parameter contradictions across documents (leakage, FNRB, usage rate), a verified ERR nearly double the claimed figure, and a monitoring period that falls outside both identified crediting periods. The project demonstrates good safeguards and no reversal events, but the data inconsistencies and missing buffer pool information limit confidence in the credit claims.
Red Flags
- Verified ERR (234,127) is approximately 198% of the claimed ERR (118,202) for the same monitoring period, raising over-crediting or data-integrity concerns
- Monitoring period (Jan 2023 – Dec 2024) falls outside the original crediting period (ended Nov 2021) and before the new crediting period (starts May 2025), creating a gap in which credits were monitored but not crediting
- Leakage deduction of 0% in monitoring reports contradicts the 5% specified in the 2023 PDD, and the 'deemed negligible' justification is inconsistent with the PDD's quantified approach
Credit Vintages Exhausted
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8,636 | 8,636 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 9,610 | 9,610 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5,501 | 5,501 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4,343 | 4,343 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 425 | 425 | 0 | |
| Total | 28,515 | 28,515 | 0 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-verified combined test
no reversals
0% vs PDD 5% contradiction
Project-specific; reassessed 2024
FPIC, grievance, benefit sharing
CORSIA/CCP status not stated
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