GS1366 Micro Energy PoA, VPA 4 Mogotio Improved Cookstoves, Kenya
GS-533 ↗ · current registry ID: GS3080
#454of 1329 in Industrial#52of 157 in Kenya#713of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard improved-cookstove project in Mogotio, Kenya, with a measured project-specific baseline and an investment additionality test, but hampered by a near-doubling discrepancy between the monitoring report and verification report on verified reductions, 13 material findings, four outstanding corrective actions, and no stated buffer pool. Safeguards (FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing) are documented, and the pro-rata delivery of roughly 132 % of the lifetime ex-ante expectation is broadly consistent, though the data inconsistencies and project-specific baseline limit confidence.
Red Flags
- Verified ERR of 9,602 tCO₂e in the verification report (Oct 2016) is nearly double the 4,937 tCO₂e in the monitoring report (Sep 2016) — an unexplained ~95 % discrepancy between the project's self-report and the VVB's final figure.
- Thirteen material findings were logged during verification, including stove-ID and user-name inconsistencies between distribution records and usage surveys, and unresolved carbon-rights transfer documentation.
- Additionality test type is contradicted between the 2016 PDD (combined test) and the 2020 PDD (investment test), and VVB verification of additionality is not explicitly confirmed in the extracted record.
Credit Vintages Exhausted
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 93 | 93 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3,354 | 3,354 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1,490 | 1,490 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,937 | 4,937 | 0 |
Risk Indicators
Investment test (2020 PDD) but VVB confirmation not explicit; test type contradicted between PDD versions
no reversal events reported; physical-asset risk low but unquantified
0 % deduction justified as negligible — reasonable for improved-cookstove displacement
Project-specific measured baseline, last reassessed 2016; not jurisdictional
FPIC conducted, grievance mechanism in place, benefit sharing described
CORSIA eligibility and CCP status both unstated; dual-channel risk unassessed
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