Rated
Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Tanzania
- Standard
- VCS
- Methodology
- VMR0006 (VCS)
- Registry
- VCS-2366 ↗ · Registered
- Country
- Tanzania
- Credit type
- Energy demand; Energy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)
CarbonMeld's document-based assessment gives Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Tanzania (VCS-2366) 7.2 out of 10 (medium confidence) under CarbonMeld methodology v2.2, analysed on 17 Oct 2026. The analysis read 56 of the 57 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.
Assessment
Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.
Findings
Evidence
Eligibility & market
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Airlines (CORSIA)
No CORSIA label on the registry
Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.
Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026
Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry
Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)
No ICVCM information
No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.
Removal or reduction
Emission reduction or avoidance
Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.
Source: methodology
Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits
Paris Agreement (Article 6)
No Article 6 authorization
No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.
Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026
Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry
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.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 923 | 923 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 121,867 | 13,697 | 108,170 | |
| 2022 | 627,628 | 53,384 | 339,430 | |
| 2023 | 861,526 | 0 | 861,526 | |
| 2024 | 975,152 | 0 | 975,152 | |
| 2025 | 960,954 | 0 | 960,954 | |
| 2026 | 395,708 | 0 | 395,708 | |
| Total | 3,943,758 | 68,004 | 3,640,940 |
Methodology versions used
The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.
2020–2021VMR0006the documents for this period state different versions (v1.1, v1.13)
monitoring report + verification report
2021VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2
monitoring report + verification report
official page · verified on
2021–2022VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2
monitoring report + verification report
official page · verified on
2022VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2
monitoring report + verification report
official page · verified on
2022–2023VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2
monitoring report + verification report
official page · verified on
- VMR0006: Inactive (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced by VM0050 · official page · verified on
A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.
Retired by
- Ecologi Action Ltd8,998 t
- SMBC AC5,057 t
- MB Energy Holding GmbH & Co. KG4,811 t
- Starling Bank1,165 t
- X-Team International Pty Ltd300 t
- Auto Trader Limited140 t
- Patch's customers and/ or their End Users4 t
Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.
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CarbonMeld (2026). Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Tanzania (VCS-2366): CarbonMeld analysis, methodology v2.2, analysed on 17 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/installation-of-high-efficiency-wood-burning-cookstoves-in-tanzania/.
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