Off-grid Solar Could Provide First-time Electricity Access to Almost 400 Million People Globally by 2030
Nairobi, 8 October 2024—Off-grid solar is the most cost-effective way to power 41% of people globally by 2030 who are still living without energy access. The sector already provided 55% ...Read More
New Report Stresses the Need for Responsibly Designed End-User Subsidies
A new report, Designing Responsible End-User Subsidies for Energy Access: A toolkit featuring case studies for the design of subsidies in off-grid solar and clean cooking, was just released. Produced ...Read More
Lighting Global at Zambia’s Decentralized Renewable Energy Days Conference
On April 11-12, 2024, Lighting Global’s REACH partnership provided support to Zambia’s Decentralized Renewable Energy Days conference in Lusaka. The conference was opened by the Minister of Livestock and Fisheries, ...Read More
End User Subsidy Lab Webinar Series
While hundreds of millions of lives have been energized by off-grid solar, hundreds of millions more are in danger of being left behind. Pro-poor end-user subsidies can make off-grid solar ...Read More
Lighting Global Discusses ROGEAP at ECOWAS’ Sustainable Energy Forum
ESMAP’s Lighting Global Program Manager, Raihan Elahi, spoke at ECOWAS’ Sustainable Energy Forum 2023 held in Praia, Cabo Verde on October 13 and 14, 2023, about access to finance in ...Read More
Blog | (Em)powering Women and Their Communities: The Off-Grid Solar Service-Based Model
by Raihan Elahi, Jennifer Lynch, and Andrea Arricale The Key Role of Electricity in Healthcare When Mwanakombo Kassim was in labour, she went to her local health facility. At 11 o’clock ...Read More
New Report | Off-grid solar expected to electrify 624 million people by 2030 but ‘game changers’ are needed to achieve universal access goals
18 October, Kigali: Released today at the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo in Rwanda, the second part of the Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2022, ‘Outlook’, published by the World Bank’s Lighting ...Read More
70 Million People Gained Energy via Off-Grid Solar Despite COVID – New Report Shows
Amsterdam/Washington DC, 7 October 2022 A new report shows that the off-grid solar industry continues to grow, with 70 million more people having gained access to electricity through off-grid solar ...Read More
Sneak Peek | A look at the findings of the up-coming Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2022 ‘State of the Sector’
Lighting Global/ESMAP, International Finance Corporation, Efficiency for Access Coalition, GOGLA, and Open Capital Advisors are pleased to invite you to a sneak peek to discuss the findings of the upcoming ...Read More
Learn how to better design and apply end-user subsidies through our series of case studies
Following our webinars on the experiences of implementing demand-side subsidies in Bangladesh, Kenya, Rwanda and Togo; the End-User Subsidy Lab is pleased to share in-depth case studies on these programs through our resources ...Read More