Area rurale di Zhangye, Gansu, Cina · VCS Registry, ID 1859
The project distributes solar cookers to rural households to replace part of the coal used in meal preparation. Solar energy avoids the emissions linked to burning coal.
Contribution from Il Ristorante di Porta Pia90 tCO2eYear 2026
The project's annual figure and the partner's contribution are two distinct measures. The specific retirements remain fully listed in the documentation.
Contee di Gaotai e Linze, Zhangye, GansuCina
Project type
Energia solare domestica
Mechanism
Emissions avoided by displacing coal used for cooking and boiling water
Project annual figure
143.762 tCO₂/annoFigure from the project page; not the individual partner's retirement
Three everyday references help read the same amount of CO2e from different angles.
Documented contribution90 tCO2e
It's the same quantity represented in the three comparisons below.
about 369.000km
driven by an average petrol vehicle (US reference)
about 1.500urban trees
average absorption in one year
about 38.300litres of petrol burned
equivalent emissions
Indicative comparisons: three ways of representing the same quantity, not additional interventions actually carried out.
How we calculate the examples
Vehicle: tonnes ÷ 0.000393 tCO2e/mile × 1.609344 km/mile. The EPA factor uses an average US petrol passenger vehicle, 2022 data, and includes tailpipe CO2, CH4 and N2O; it does not account for the fuel's life cycle.
Urban trees: tonnes ÷ 0.060 tCO2/tree/year. This is the average annual absorption from the US model over the first 10 years of growth, varying by species, age, climate and survival rate. It does not represent a reforestation project or trees actually planted.
Petrol: tonnes ÷ 0.008887 tCO2e/US gallon × 3.785411784 litres/gallon. It covers combustion emissions, not extraction and refining.
The comparisons use EPA factors referring to the United States, not Italy. The trees entry expresses CO2; vehicle and petrol are expressed in CO2e.
