Solar Light – “It’s My Education!”
…given the best support in order to see them succeed. “We expect the solar lamps to not only impact the child’s education, but to improve the family’s livelihood,†she said….
QA | Institutions Use the QA Framework to Determine Program Eligibility and Incentive Levels
…Most recently, the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) established results-based financing and debt facilities to provide incentives to companies to set up operations and sell solar and clean cooking…
Energy Access and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Worldwide, there is a growing importance to support the energy access needs of forcibly displaced persons. During humanitarian crises, energy access is often considered a lower priority when compared to…
A letter from Russell Sturm: The Hidden Face of Energy Poverty
…convergence of rapidly improving and increasingly affordable solar and storage technologies—and a revolution in efficient LED lights and appliances—Lighting Africa was designed in partnership with first-mover companies to lower their…
Key Off-Grid Players Awarded Zayed Future Energy Prizes
…“We know that this recognition comes with even higher expectations! We believe that we are still at the early stages of what we will achieve as a business, now connecting…
REPORT | The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Energy Access
Worldwide, there is a growing importance to support the energy access needs of forcibly displaced persons. During humanitarian crises, energy access is often considered a lower priority when compared to…
Understanding Solar Module Specs and Testing
This Technical Note discusses how solar module performance characteristics relate to off‐grid lighting systems and how to best assess module performance by measuring the current‐voltage (I-V) performance curve.
Quality Assurance Update: Protecting Consumers Through Standards
…to have resolution in early 2018. Lastly, we are continuing to build capacity to support governments in the development of effective national standards programs. In early December we held a…
Source the Products
…Lighting Global Quality Standards. Lighting Global does not sell products directly; instead, we guide and facilitate sales. Lighting Global provides broad support to the market through the internationally-recognized quality assurance…
Shape the Sector and the Quality Standards
…2013. The Lighting Global team regularly updates the Quality Standards and Lighting Global policies to ensure that they remain responsive to the changing market and proposes comments to the IEC…