Communities Reap Multiple Benefits from Clean, Safe Solar Lights
…she used to spend over 15% of her income buying kerosene to light her home each week. She now buys less kerosene which, even after the cost of the $6…
The True Cost of Kerosene in Rural Africa
…those who buy in small quantities in order to better inform cost benefit analyses for the transition from kerosene lighting to modern off-grid lighting systems. The study reveals a substantial…
‘Library’ of Solar Lights puts pico-PV in the hands of approximately 55,000 rural Senegalese
…3% of the population owned a solar light, and only 20% had ever even heard of them. The objectives of the Light Library project, designed and delivered by UK charity…
BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…a combination of grid extension, mini-grids and off-grid solar. Geospatial mapping and least-cost planning tools have been used to determine the most efficient and cost-effective way to achieve universal access….
Article: How Off-Grid Solar Access Impacts Literacy
…up to a payment plan, the customer has the option to buy or lease a variety of practical products and build their own ‘energy staircase’, grow their own product range…
Faulu Reaching the Base of the Pyramid with Off-Grid Lighting
…frequent blackouts. Through FAS I was able to buy a lamp for my business. Nowadays I don’t pay bills and I have influenced three of my friends in Lodwar. Thanks…
d.light Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Product
…the mobile payment pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system through M-KOPA Solar. The PAYG system allows customers with low incomes to buy a solar product on credit; the consumer makes an initial deposit…
How We Work
…decisions to grow the off-grid market, and increase access where it is needed most. Quality Assurance We developed a quality assurance framework so consumers can buy with confidence. The purchase…
Portable Solar lights in Commercial Farming: Illuminating the Pecking Order
…to buy chicks and then sell them back when they are grown chickens, typically after a 35-day growth cycle. Lighting is a key element of the maturation process because light…
Quality Standards now Updated
…will become effective January 1st, 2014. We anticipate starting the stakeholder process to refine a framework for reporting performance in November of 2013. Thanks to all who participated in the…