Quality Assurance Update: Revised Standards
…have a French version of the standards on the website as well. The revised standards can be found here. The revised standards were developed with input from a variety of…
Bangladesh
…their lighting needs by burning fossil fuels like kerosene and diesel, which are inefficient, uneconomical, unhealthy, environmentally damaging and dangerous. Lighting Asia/Bangladesh helps address this by working with private companies…
Call for Comments on Proposed Integration of Quality Assurance Frameworks for Pico-solar Products and SHS Kits
The following pages contain an outline of a proposed framework that would provide a continuum of support for all products up to 100 W. We believe the proposed framework will…
QA | 2019 Year in Review
Pictured (left to right): Ari Reeves (CLASP) and Arne Jacobson (Schatz Energy Research Center) of the QA program Happy New Year! Over the past twelve months, the quality assurance team…
Pilot Project Confirms Benefits of Solar Lanterns to Maternal Care in Nigeria
…frequent outages, midwives in these centers must use whatever light source is available to them, including candles, flashlights and kerosene lanterns to light their way through childbirth, suturing, and other…
IFC’s Lighting Pakistan and Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Offer Affordable Solar Lighting Solutions
…The program works with the private sector to remove market entry barriers, provide market intelligence, foster linkages and raise consumer awareness on modern solar lighting products and systems. The program…
Lighting Africa to Support New Regional Program Targeting 19 West African Countries
…efficiency markets. It acts as an independent body within the legal, administrative, and financial framework of ECOWAS. Together, we will identify the fundamental barriers related to regional policies, regulatory standards,…
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…
IFC partners with GIZ in Bangladesh to increase energy access for off-grid communities
From L-R; Dr. Huashang Wang, Chairman of the OmniVoltaic Board; Mr. Enamul Karim Pavel, Head of Renewable Energy Department, IDCOL; Mr. Siddique Zobair, Joint Secretary, Ministry for Power, Energy and…
Policy Engagement
…energy access by scaling up off-grid solar markets, drawing from our toolkit of interventions as appropriate. We advise governments on how to improve their off-grid solar enabling environment through policies…