IEC adopts Lighting Global Quality Standards
…it one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) established by the United Nations in its framework for building a better world by 2030, but also a vital tool for…
H1 2020 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report
…to benefit from clean, safe solar electricity in their homes and businesses. Yet, the industry has met this year’s challenges with resilience and innovation and its development partners have united…
WEBINAR | H1 2020 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report
…the industry has met this year’s challenges with resilience and innovation and its development partners have united behind relief efforts. Governments have recognized the ‘essential role’ the industry plays in…
Database for Barriers to Market Entry for Energy Products
The United Nations Foundation is creating an Import Tariff and Barriers to Entry Database as a consolidated effort in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the World Bank…
Greenlight Planet Clinches USD10m Financing Deal to Expand Operations in Africa
…Today, Greenlight Planet has 6,000 village direct sales agents located across India, Kenya and Uganda, and 680 full-time employees across 11 offices in the United States, Africa, India and China….
Global Off-Grid Lighting Stakeholders Association
…meeting marked the beginning of a united industry voice dedicated to advance and develop clean off-grid lighting solutions for developing countries. All companies involved at the meeting signed a Memorandum…
Lighting Asia/India Consumer Awareness Campaign Featured in SE4ALL Practitioner Network Newsletter
…Newsletter of the United Nation’s SE4ALL initiative. Click here to learn more about the campaign and its impact. Similar campaigns in the future will target Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam,…
Improving the accuracy of our impact reporting through the Multi-Tier Framework
…provide energy access to an additional 250 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 – but has also been codified in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7: “Ensure…
Consumer Campaign for Quality-Assured Solar Lighting in Rural India Launched
…through the Suryodaya™ consumer awareness campaign to generate awareness and demand. IFC’s lighting program in India is supported by the government of United States, Italy, Austria, and Australia. IFC is…
IFC-World Bank Study Establishes Significant Climate Benefit of Solar Lighting Products
…program finds that replacing all kerosene lamps in use with solar lights would reduce the equivalent of 5 percent annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, or 12 percent…