GOGLA and Lighting Global are excited to announce that participant and exhibitor registration for the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo (22 – 24 January 2018, Hong Kong) is now open! Have a look at our event website for a sneak peek of the conference agenda which includes sessions on access to finance, business development, technology and policy, as well as the latest … Read More
Recently, Lighting Myanmar was featured in Frontier, Myanmar’s most reputable English-language publication. Launched in June 2016, the IFC-led Lighting Myanmar project is a key component of the Government of Myanmar’s National Electrification Plan, which aims to achieve universal access to sustainable electricity services by 2030. To support this goal, the project will assist international and … Read More
In a feature-length magazine article published in the New Yorker Magazine, the dynamic evolution and impact of the off-grid solar industry in Africa is profiled at length, including references to Lighting Global and the importance of the Quality Assurance Program to the growth of the market. Click here to learn more. Source: The New Yorker
Story Highlights: The Distributed Energy Service Company sector is growing rapidly, especially the segments that use a variation of the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) business model, which alone has provided more than 700,000 connections over the last six years in East Africa. PAYG business models are capital intensive and require significant amounts of working capital to scale. … Read More
Katherine Tweed of Greentech Media recently detailed highlights of the latest Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report — co-produced by Lighting Global and GOGLA — which includes performance data from 55 companies and covers the period of July to December 2016. Click here to learn more. Source: Greentech Media
Since 2010, Lighting Global has maintained Quality Standards for off-grid solar products with modules smaller than approximately 10 peak watts (pico-solar products). These standards set a baseline level of quality, durability, and truth in advertising to protect consumers. We are now considering whether we should to submit these quality standards for adoption by the International … Read More
Today, Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market, and GOGLA, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association, launched the latest Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report, which includes performance data from 55 companies and covers the period of July to December 2016. This latest publication builds on the previous two reports … Read More
On the sidelines of the recent 2017 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, CNBC Africa’s Nozipho Mbanjwa spoke with Russel Sturm, Global Head of Energy Access at IFC, to learn more about Lighting Africa and the global off-grid solar market for clean, modern, sustainable and affordable solar products. Click here … Read More
GOGLA and Lighting Global are delighted to announce that the 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo (formerly known as the International Off-Grid Lighting Conference and Exhibition) will take place from January 21-24 in Hong Kong. This is the first time that the biennial event, which started in 2007, will take place in East Asia—acknowledging … Read More
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced the launch of a pilot Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) project with Origin Energy PNG Ltd, to support renewable energy use in off-grid communities in Papua New Guinea, helping make clean distributed energy affordable and accessible. Supported by the Pacific Partnership, an initiative of IFC and the Australian Government, … Read More