BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…relatively low-cost solution that can address major market barriers such as the lack of local currency financing for on-lending to end-users, and the lack of working capital to buy stock….
Past Stakeholder Outreach
…a discount for the first, second, or third product to come through the program, while 43% were in favor of extending a discount to companies with less than some specified…
Quality Assurance Update: Management Transition
…University / Schatz Energy Research Center, test laboratories, and industry stakeholders—to bring assurance to buyers and investors in off-grid solar technology. Lighting Global has worked with industry and a wide…
In the News: In Kenya, A Solar Program Puts “Last-Mile” Consumers First
…now employs three people and has saved enough money to buy a piece of land to build a house and to send their son to private school. With the additional…
Putting “Last-Mile” Consumers First in Kenya
…of about $280 per month. Onyong’e now employs three people and has saved enough money to buy a piece of land to build a house and to send their son…
Papua New Guinea
…has been able to quickly catalyze the market for off-grid solar. The program is supported by the governments of Australia and New Zealand under the PNG Partnership, through which Australia,…
300 Days of Sunshine Light Up Papua New Guinea’s Future
…Australia and New Zealand, has helped Sinai and about 1.6 million other people on this island nation light their homes and charge their cell phones using solar power—the first time…
Quality Standards now Updated
…stakeholder outreach through the webinar or online survey between June 10th and August 23rd; your informative feedback was essential to making informed and effective program decisions. Details on this and…
Blog | Lighting Nigeria:Tackling Energy Poverty Despite Covid-19
…lanterns belching smoke into the atmosphere every night; nor the number of candles burnt every night in search of a flickering light. Unmistakably, the number of lanterns and candles pressed…
Lighting Africa/Nigeria: Tackling Energy Poverty At Its Source
…night; nor the number of candles burnt every night in search of a flickering light. Unmistakably, the number of lanterns and candles pressed into duty every night will run into…