Amsterdam, Netherlands – Thursday 7 August 2025
ACE (African Clean Energy) is proud to announce the launch of the ACE One Clean Cookstove in Kenya, with initial operations in Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale. A new local manufacturing hub will create jobs and support full supply chain control, ensuring a high-quality product and service for customers while boosting employment in the region.
The ACE One Clean Cookstove delivers:
- Up to 50% savings on fuel costs compared to charcoal, especially when combined with sustainable biomass briquettes delivered to customers’ doors
- 50% faster cooking times, enabled by a solar-powered fan that drives oxygen through the combustion chamber, creating an ultra high temperature.
- Smoke-free cooking, improving respiratory and eye health outcomes and reducing household air pollution
- Additional energy access features such as LED lighting and phone charging
- Interest-free loans to ensure affordability for underserved households
Additionally, customers can seamlessly purchase fuel, manage loans, schedule maintenance, contact support and sync their usage via the ACE Connect App, designed to support long-term engagement and service.
Carbon Credits with Integrity: Gold Standard Certified and CCP‑Labelled
The cookstoves deployed in Kenya will generate carbon credits certified under Gold Standard and are expected to carry the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label. The CCP label is only awarded to credits that meet the highest industry standards for environmental integrity, transparency and real-world impact.
ACE’s credits are developed using the Gold Standard Metered & Measured Energy Cooking Devices methodology (versions 1–1.2), which ensures:
- Direct monitoring of fuel consumption and stove usage using substantiated and conservative assumptions and lab-validated field tests
- Independent verification and the latest fNRB (non-renewable biomass) factors, aligned with CDM Tool 33 version 3.0 and cross-checked with MoFuSS
- Robust alignment with the Core Carbon Principles, which have become the global benchmark for quality in the voluntary carbon market
The CCP-label ensures a further layer of credibility for buyers to trust that each ACE carbon credit represents genuine emissions reductions, verifiable social benefit and long-term climate integrity – factors which have been long part of ACE’s approach.
While many legacy cookstove projects have struggled to meet updated integrity thresholds, ACE has designed its model around real-time usage data, conservative assumptions and rigorous verification from the outset.
Rather than prioritising scale at the expense of impact, ACE has always focused on meaningful long-term results for communities and the planet.
“Our expansion into Kenya marks a significant milestone,” said Helen Sonneveld, CEO of African Clean Energy.
“By building locally and empowering communities, we’re laying the groundwork for long-term, sustainable impact: healthier families, thriving local economies, and real climate solutions that begin at the household level.”
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About African Clean Energy (ACE)
African Clean Energy (ACE) is a purpose-driven, B Corp-certified social enterprise tackling the devastating health effects of open fire cooking, energy poverty and environmental degradation. Founded in 2011, ACE designs, manufactures and distributes the ACE One—a solar-biomass hybrid cookstove that enables clean cooking, phone charging and lighting in a single device.
Operating in Uganda, Kenya, Lesotho, Senegal and Cambodia, ACE combines inclusive finance, local employment, and transparent carbon credit generation to deliver measurable impact. All ACE carbon credits are certified under Gold Standard and will soon be aligned with the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles, reflecting verified real-world usage and strong social co-benefits.
For press enquiries, interviews or images, please contact:
Rebecca Wilson | rebecca@africancleanenergy.com
Marketing and Communications Manager, African Clean Energy
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Robert Möhlmann | robert@africancleanenergy.com
Tom Cattell | tom@africancleanenergy.com
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