Blog | Enjoying the Blissful Agony of the World Cup: Off-Grid Energy’s Benefits Reach Beyond Productive Use
By Jennifer Lynch If you are one of the 3.2 billion World Cup viewers from around the globe, you likely know the full range of emotions that accompany the act ...Read More
Quality Assurance Update: June 2018
Reflections from the GOGLA Member Conference A few members of the QA team attended GOGLA’s annual member conference in Amsterdam in late May. We had a number of good discussions ...Read More
International Electrotechnical Commission Test Methods Now Cover Plug-and-Play Solar Home System Kits up to 350 Watts
Last week, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) expanded the scope of its technical specification for pico-solar products (up to 10 Watts) to also include plug-and-play solar home system (SHS) kits ...Read More
University of Nairobi Lighting Laboratory Becomes First Accredited Off-Grid Lighting Test Lab in Africa
In an exciting development for global clean energy access, and off-grid solar market development, the University of Nairobi Lighting Laboratory (UoN-LL) is now the first lab in Africa—and one of ...Read More
Quality Assurance Update: May 2018
Results of the Quality Assurance Survey We recently conducted a survey of companies with Lighting Global Quality Verified products to learn why they submit products for testing and what aspects ...Read More
Lighting Asia/Bangladesh wins bronze at Flame Awards for Consumer Education Campaign
Lighting Asia/Bangladesh’s consumer education and outreach campaign, “Surjobati”, claimed bronze in the “Social Development & CSR Campaign of the Year” category at the Flame Awards 2018, “the most prestigious award ...Read More
Lighting Africa/Tanzania leads the way in Pico PV standards awareness
In September 2017, with support from the World Bank Group, the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) officially adopted the Lighting Global Quality Standards for Pico solar products as mandatory standards ...Read More
EcoMoto: Turning on the Lights in Kenya in Under 48-Hours
It’s happened to all of us: you walk into a store and see something you like – only to feel the disappointing realization that you can’t afford it. If what ...Read More
Off-Grid Solar Market Returns to Robust Growth, According to Latest Sector Report
Washington DC, USA, April 27, 2018— The off-grid solar sector has returned to robust growth, reversing a brief dip in sales that was mostly due to localized shocks, according to ...Read More
Economist Intelligence Unit blog on off-grid energy sector, featuring interview with Lighting Global Program Co-Manager, Dana Rysankova
Describing the off-grid sector as “a force that could fundamentally reshape energy provision in some of the world’s least well-connected places—and create vast business opportunities in the process,” in the ...Read More