EcoMakala Virunga Energy project
Gold Standard · GS5391 · Democratic Republic of the Congo
About this project
Eastern DRC and more specifically the North Kivu province is the most densely populated region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More than 90% of the population relies on wood and/or charcoal for their energy needs. The biomass comes mainly from non-sustainable and even illegal sources out of the Virunga National Park (ViNP), to the point that today most of the forest cover around urban areas in the region disappeared.
The record
- Project ID
- GS5391
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- AMS-III.BG. Emission reduction through sustainable charcoal production and consumption
- Developer
- CO2logic · 27 projects
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- First vintage
- 2017
- Crediting period
- 2017-09-01 to 2031-08-31
- Estimated yearly credits
- 116,605
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2017
- Crediting period
- 2017-09-01 to 2031-08-31
- Credits issued
- 97,331 (retired 1,505)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
- Coordinates
- -1.6000, 29.2000
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
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