Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Kenya 2

Audit Analysis

A VCS cookstove project in Kenya with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by a three-fold FNRB discrepancy between the PDD and verification report, a significant ERR gap between the PDD lifetime estimate and verified figures, and eight corrective action requests plus eight clarification requests that signal material documentation and methodological gaps.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FNRB value differs by a factor of three between the PDD (0.94, 2023) and the verification report (0.29, 2026), raising questions about which emission factor was actually applied in credit calculations
• ⚠The PDD states a total ERR of 200,744 while the verification report claims and verifies only 43,121 for the monitoring period, a gap that, even on a pro-rata basis, represents under-delivery of roughly 28% of the expected lifetime allocation
• ⚠Eight corrective action requests (CARs) and eight clarification requests (CLs) were raised in the verification report, covering PD discrepancies, missing stakeholder communication, boundary justification, KPT results, monitoring precision, and double-counting declarations
• ⚠Benefit-sharing is described in the 2023 validation report but the 2026 verification report states it is not described, creating an inconsistency in stakeholder engagement documentation

Credit Vintages