GSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticKenyaGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Voluntary Gold Standard multi-country improved cookstove PoA

GS-393 ↗ · current registry ID: GS2504

#749of 1329 in Industrial#85of 157 in Kenya#1122of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)

4.8/ 10
Integrity
5.5
Transparency
4.0
Claim Safety
5.0
Documentation
4.5

Scored2026-09-10high confidence

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Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard multi-country cookstove PoA with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but significant gaps in permanence safeguards (no buffer pool stated), absence of any verified emissions data, and a material finding on ongoing financial need that was not resolved with corrective actions. The project is mid-crediting-period yet no monitoring report or ERR figures are available in the extracted record.

Red Flags

  • No buffer pool or permanence mechanism stated for a cookstove project where stoves can be replaced with inefficient models, creating inherent reversal risk
  • Material finding CL-1 on Ongoing Financial Need for Design Certification Renewal was raised but no corrective actions were recorded
  • No verified or claimed ERR figures available in any document, making over- or under-crediting impossible to assess
  • Usage rate assumed at 0.95 but never verified against actual field data in the available record

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2013
3,3643,3640
2014
13,90113,9010
2015
16,63416,61816
2016
13,72813,456272
2017
10,26110,060201
2018
9,4148,916498
2019
6,4826,4820
2020
8,2798,126153
2021
3763697
2022
1,4351,40728
Total83,87482,6991,175

Risk Indicators

Additionality

VVB-confirmed combined test

Permanence

mixed evidence / unresolved risk

Leakage

5% quantified deduction with justification

Baseline

Project-specific baseline, reassessed 2020

Safeguards

FPIC, grievance mechanism, and safeguards documented

Double-claim

CORSIA and CCP status both unstated

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