Combating Energy Poverty for 3.6 Billion People Through Innovative Climate Finance Projects.

Designed and created through rigorous field research, testing and user feedback, we identify technology and deliver projects that ensure sustained usage, meaningful impact and support the energy transition. Our teams are based in the communities where our projects operate, allowing us to ensure that our interventions have the desired impact.

We believe that climate finance has a unique opportunity to directly elevate households living in energy poverty. We exist to fill the gap that so often gets overlooked, fighting energy poverty and climate change with projects and technology that benefit those most vulnerable to climate risks.

Our projects are thoughtfully designed to deliver high quality carbon credits.

At UpEnergy, we have a dedicated team of over 20 carbon professionals that work alongside independent third parties to develop and monitor projects that maintain a high level of project integrity. This involves using only verified data, being conservative where uncertainty remains and removing biases from all surveys and tests we and our partners carry out.

Please reach out to us to receive more detailed documents on our approach throughout our various projects.

At UpEnergy, transparency is a cornerstone of our mission and reflected in everything we do, from developing the right technology to distribution and ongoing user-engagement through to continuous monitoring and verification.

We invest significantly in all our projects, with dedicated local teams focused on ensuring trust and climate integrity. Our aim is to transparently demonstrate that our projects not only achieve the climate impacts determined by the monitoring and verification, but also drive equitable decarbonization and bring substantial benefits to those most vulnerable to climate change. Below we highlight specific examples of how we put this approach into action.  

A Conservative Approach

We use conservative estimates in our reporting to avoid over-claiming the benefits of our projects. Our detailed reports, which are accessible to our partners, include thorough analyses of stove distribution, fuel savings, emission reductions, and non-renewable biomass variables. This ensures the credits we issue accurately reflect the actual carbon emissions reduced.

Accurate Usage Monitoring

Monitoring stove usage is essential for our verification strategy. We only claim emission reductions for stoves verified as primary stoves. If a stove is not functioning as expected or is not in active use, we do not claim any emission reductions for it. This commitment ensures the credibility of our emission reduction claims.

Robust Monitoring Process

• Stratified Random Sampling: We use random sampling for each project scenario, ensuring representation across different stove age categories.

• Detailed Surveys: Conducted by independent enumerators with relevant expertise, our surveys include interviews and expert observations within kitchen environments. This provides a comprehensive understanding of stove usage.

• Transparent Reporting: We report usage and project Kitchen Performance Test (KPT) data transparently in our Emission Reduction (ER) sheets, setting us apart from others in the industry.

Additionally, we conduct regular impact assessments and customer satisfaction surveys, engaging with 40-50% of all end-users annually. This is done through direct contact during surveys and via inbound and outbound calls through our dedicated call center team as well as SMS outreach. 

Accurate Data Management

Data collection is facilitated through a bespoke mobile application, ensuring efficient and secure data storage. We maintain this data for a minimum of three years following each survey, conducting comprehensive checks to resolve any anomalies. This includes removing potential duplicate records and performing reliability checks and outlier analysis.

Kitchen Performance Tests (KPTs)

We conduct KPTs on all projects to establish realistic baselines, assess fuel consumption accurately, and evaluate key factors such as adoption, usage, and stove stacking. This method aligns with best practices for assessing the impact of cookstove projects.

We report usage and project Kitchen Performance Test (KPT) data transparently in our Emission Reduction (ER) sheet to ensure full transparency.

Temperature Sensors for Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves

We are implementing a pilot program that utilizes advanced temperature sensors for accurate stove usage data collection. These sensors provide granular and precise measures of stove utilization across diverse household environments. The data, easily downloadable via USB or Bluetooth, ensures the accuracy of our usage claims.

Advanced Digital Monitoring for Electric Cookers

Our latest investment extends to electric cookers equipped with integrated sensors that continuously measure real-time consumption data. This advanced technology ensures reliable data storage and provides valuable insights, including:

• Reliable Data Storage: Capable of storing 13 months of consumption data, allowing for accurate comparisons with baseline stoves and fuels (data collected twice a year).

• Behavioral Insights: Electric cookers monitor cooking modes, dishes, and durations, capturing data for improved SDG reporting (e.g., time savings) and aiding future technology development.

• Future Remote Monitoring: Upcoming models will include GSM modules for remote data access, enabling even more efficient and accurate monitoring. Additionally, we will invest further in this technology to enable indoor air quality measurement, specifically PM2.5 and CO concentrations in kitchens for electric cooking users, allowing for baseline and project comparisons.

Connect with Us

For a deeper conversation and to connect with UpEnergy technical experts and leadership, please email: partnerships@upenergygroup.com

3.6 billion people - almost half the world's population - live in energy poverty.

In Africa and Asia alone, the majority of energy-poor households either don't have access to electricity or lack access to clean, efficient technology.

The current rate of climate investment is failing to solve the problem. While investment, and the purchase of carbon credits heads into developed country projects, annual clean energy investment in emerging and developing economies has been neglected despite the fact that such investment needs to increase by more than seven times to put the world on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 (IEA, 2021).

At UpEnergy, we believe that climate finance has a unique opportunity to directly elevate households that live in energy poverty. Carbon financing plays a pivotal role in this effort, providing vital resources needed to overcome financial hurdles in research, development, manufacturing, distribution, and adoption.

Channeling Climate Finance Where It's Needed Most:

• Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs): UpEnergy works with the voluntary carbon market to finance the deployment of clean technologies in energy-poor communities and develop carbon removal projects. Through VERs, we direct funding into key projects that not only reduce or remove emissions but significantly enhance quality of life, demonstrating the direct impact of voluntary carbon offsetting on mitigating energy poverty.

• Article 6: After a long history in the last decade of successful project development under the CDM, UpEnergy is at the forefront of developing projects under Article’s 6.2 and 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. Utilizing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. This involves negotiating Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), enabling countries to meet their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through investments in our projects. This approach not only aids in global emission reductions but also channels climate finance towards developing energy infrastructure in critical areas.

At UpEnergy, we understand the complexities of navigating the carbon landscape.

Our team has over 40 years of experience developing high quality, forward looking carbon projects. We understand the complexities involved in this industry and stand ready to help your organization along its journey of incorporating carbon credits.

Our services include:

• Technical Carbon Advisory

• Developing Carbon Assets

• Managing the monitoring, verification and issuance processes

If you’d like to discuss more to see if UpEnergy can help you, please connect with us!