Solar Lighting in Humanitarian Emergency Settings
…that many buyers choose not to invest in modern energy solutions because they are concerned that products will fail prematurely or will not perform as advertised. As a result of…
Productive Uses Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE)
…sector since its advent. The rural population tends to be among the poorest. In the absence of financing, this means that even the up-front cost of a solar lantern remains…
More Solar Lanterns Pass Lighting Global Quality Tests
…hand-held task light, or the customer can hang the product with the included cord in order to provide ambient lighting. It is developed by Little Sun, a social business…
Key Off-Grid Players Awarded Zayed Future Energy Prizes
…over 500 homes per day, but putting our best efforts into scaling our reach faster, in order to reach millions of homes in years to come,” says Mr. Moore. Another…
Azuri secures £1m working capital from Barclays to scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa
…an additional 30,000 solar home systems in Africa this year. This landmark deal represents a major step towards opening up the commercial finance sector for distributed rural power.” “Azuri has…
Solar Light: My Chance to Pass Exams
…danger. Last October, Daisy was attacked by hyenas while walking back home from school. She almost lost a finger in the incident. Worse might have happened if neighbors had not…
Removing the blindfold: testing for COVID-19 in the absence of grid electricity
…we have. In order to do so, says Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, “all countries should be able to test all suspected cases. They cannot…
MFIs, SACCOs Key to Clean Lighting for Women
…as CARE and projects like the USAID-funded health APHIAPLUS, which mobilize savings and advance the pooled resources as loans for entrepreneurial activities such as selling solar lanterns. It established that…
Quality Assurance Update: Management Transition
…range of stakeholders to evolve the standards and promote their adoption in order to enable innovation and support the market’s development. Lighting Global Quality Assurance has grown with the industry….
Policy Engagement
…16 additional countries having completed their IEPs in the last 2 years. This underscores how well established the essential role that off-grid solar must play in order to achieve SDG7…