EVENT | Unlocking Solar Capital: PAYGO Financial Analysis & Reporting
…4 – 5 p.m. Session 3 | Establishing an Open and Transparent Industry Process In the last session we will present a proposed framework for an open, transparent industry process…
In the News: By Plugging in Africa, Mobisol Connects a Continent to Change
…program’s inception in 2008, more than 26 million Lighting Global quality-verified solar lighting products have been sold. To learn more about IFC’s work in telecommunications and technology, visit www.ifc.org/tmt Follow…
GOGLA REPORT: The Economic Impact of Off-Grid Solar
…households now make an average additional $35 per month, more than 50% of monthly GDP per capita. 44% report spending more time working with new light making previously dark hours…
Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts
…other resources, the site contains a technical note on quality assurance that provides guidance for aid organizations and governments engaging in bulk procurement of lighting products.SAFE updates the website weekly.…
Off-Grid Solar Lighting Up Ethiopia
…warranties are honored completely and consistently by the private solar suppliers. The pilot warranty program will also be used to collect data for carbon monitoring through 2024 that will ultimately…
BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…benefit all companies equally, but can be difficult to implement and harder than more targeted support mechanisms for cash-strapped governments to justify. Grantmaking is a proven approach in early-stage markets…
Quality Assurance Update: Earning Your Continued Trust
…product procurement program in Africa. The product in question had never been submitted for testing through Lighting Global Quality Assurance, meaning that the verification letter was forged. We discovered that…
Solar Home System Kit Quality Standards
…Standards must have a peak power of 350 W or less and a DC voltage of 35 V or less. [Note, products 10 W and smaller are evaluated as pico-products…
VIDEO: Sunshine Lights Up Papua New Guinea’s Future
The international Finance Corporation’s Lighting Papua New Guinea program is building markets for, and promoting the use of, modern, off-grid lighting products in rural Papua New Guinea. With 300 days…
Pico-PV Quality Standards
Lighting Global maintains the Quality Standards, a set of off-grid lighting benchmarks that set a baseline level of quality, durability, and truth-in-advertising to protect consumers. These Standards apply to products…