Consultation on Energy for All Underway: Take Part before February 17!
The United Nations has declared 2014 – 2024 the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in order to focus attention and action on energy as a driver for development. The…
Lighting Global Quality Assurance Roadmap
…motivation of the QA program, this “quality assurance roadmap” document also identifies current challenges and actions the program is taking to address these challenges in the ongoing effort to improve…
New York University, Abu Dhabi wins Global Hult Energy Challenge
…where solar lights are sold. The team also sought to address financial barriers that deter people from buying solar lamps with pay-as-you-go-technology. The Hult Global Case Challenge is the world’s…
PAYGo PERFORM
…power to jointly address the challenges of energy access and financial inclusion for the hundreds of millions of people — mostly rural and low-income — who remain off-grid. PAYGo solar…
Lighting Global Quality Assurance Framework Roadmap
…and Lighting Asia) and how the Global and regional programs interact with manufacturers, distributors, customers, and other stakeholders. It concludes by identifying challenges that the QA program should address to…
The Future of Lighting Global
…market dynamics, and energy access priorities. As the market matured, we evolved the Lighting Global toolkit, seeking to expand the frontier of the sector and address barriers to enable innovation…
EVENT | Unlocking Solar Capital: PAYGO Financial Analysis & Reporting
An Industry Framework to Evaluate Performance of PAYGo Solar Businesses Solar home systems (SHS) and other solar powered appliances are made affordable through innovative pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) financing. PAYGo jointly addresses…
Press Release: World Bank Provides Over $200 Million to Help Increase Access to Electricity in West Africa and the Sahel Region
…to assist regional policy makers to address barriers to create a regional market for stand-alone solar systems, which is essential to reduce energy poverty in the region, and entrepreneurs to…
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….
Access to Finance
…are already facing their own affordability challenges. Lighting Global undertakes a variety of activities all along the supply chain to address these barriers and support much-needed access to finance, which…