…solar home systems that are sold and installed as plug-and-play kits. These kits can be installed by consumers without professional expertise, though many companies choose to provide installation and training…
…hours and emitted carbon emissions. The more permanently installed solar/wind powered fluorescent system was clean and effective but was expensive to purchase and install. The good quality portable solar lamps…
…light her home in rural Kenya, but that changed when solar panels were installed on her roof. Now that her home is powered by Mobisol—a pay-as-you-go solar energy service company…
…to bring light and energy to the roughly 1.1 billion un-electrified people around the world. Our installation was set-up for four days to coincide with the World Bank’s ‘Energy and…
By Kagondu Njagi This story originally appeared on the Thomson Reuters Foundation site. When Lucyline Wanja Silas installed a 12-volt solar power unit at her home to help her children…
Jacinta Auma used to stock kerosene lamps, flashlights, and candles to light her home in rural Kenya, but that changed when solar panels were installed on her roof. Now that…
…boost supplies in anticipation of high demand thanks to policy changes that require property developers to install the systems on housing units. Growing demand Builders had shed away from the…
…that are custom-designed do not qualify. Additionally, the non-plug-and-play connections are limited to connections that are made at the time of installation (i.e., the connections should only need to be…
These bid specification templates build on the Requirements and Guidelines for Installation of Off-grid Solar Systems for Public Facilities and are intended to help project developers and development programs write…
This tool has been developed to assist with creating high-level system designs of stand-alone solar installations at public facilities for initial cost estimates and inclusion in bid specifications. Project developers…
