Projects

Technology: Burning of bioethanol gel in fuel stoves

Project developer: PACE and Project Preparation Trust

VERS: 3 900 tons CO₂e per annum

Project description: The Umdoni Municipality and the Project Preparation Trust (PPT) are partners in this project with PACE. The project involves households displacing coal, wood, paraffin and dung fuel sources with bioethanol gel (a by-product of the local sugarcane industry). Stoves were originally provided by the municipality but have been subsequently replaced and upgraded by PACE. The project received significant carbon revenue from Credible Carbon in 2011 and used this to expand through the purchase of energy efficient woodstoves, photovoltaic panels and solar water heaters. Read the Umdoni PIN.

In 2011 the Umdoni project was independently audited by SouthSouthNorth and shown to have saved 5,535 tCO2 as of the end of 2010. Read the 2011 Credible Carbon audit report for this project.  Umdoni represents a classic example of the collaboration between PACE, a local NGO (PPT) and the local municipality so as to make the carbon market work for the poor, and showcases what is possible in Africa.