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Kenya Biogas Programme

Developer: Africa Bioenergy Programs Limited (ABPL)

GS-1652 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5801

This rating is archived — the project is no longer listed or its registry data has changed. This is the last published analysis (2026-09-05).

Assessment

Historical analysis — archived

01020304 Overall 5.1 / 10 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%.

Archived — historical analysis · 2026-09-05

Analysis

The Kenya Biogas Programme is a Gold Standard-certified project with a VVB-confirmed barrier additionality test and a measured project-specific baseline, but it is undermined by the absence of any documented buffer pool or permanence mechanism, an unresolved contradiction in leakage treatment (0% vs 10%), and a delivery rate of only about 25% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the most recent monitoring period. The project's safeguards documentation (FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing) is present in the latest verification report but was absent in earlier documents, and 15 cross-document contradictions reduce confidence in data consistency.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

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Eligibility & market

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

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    Pilot phase only (2021–2023)

    Eligible only for the pilot phase: not usable for the current 2024–2026 phase.

    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
2017
3,4803,4800
2018
6,5346,5340
2019
10,99210,788204
2020
13,30413,073231
2021
14,53114,227304
2022
15,56413,0632,501
2023
11,95369711,256
2024
2,13702,137
Total78,49561,86216,633

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1

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