Farm Workers Enjoy the Benefits of Solar Lighting
…the solar is very bright. ” Jacinta, 27, is a mother and employed at Olerai Farm in Narok, Kenya. She was able to purchase her lighting system, which includes a…
Selling Solar to Rural Africa is Emerging as a Hot Market
…invested in Tesla TSLA -6.92% and SolarCity. Other investors in Off Grid Electric included SolarCity itself, Zouk Capital and Vulcan Capital, the fund of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It’s not…
New Report on Evolution of Off-Grid Lighting in Three Kenyan Towns
…market. Starting in 2009, the initial market survey provided a baseline for the types of off-grid lighting products that were available in an urban, a peri-urban, and an off-grid market….
Quality Standards now Updated
…a discount offered on select IEC documents related to rural electrification. Available documents include IEC/TS 62257-9-5, the Technical Specification which institutionalizes the Lighting Global quality assurance framework and details testing…
LuminaNET: Join the new global off-grid knowledge sharing network
…of clean lighting products, investors, researchers, and non-governmental organizations and foundations. The off-grid online network allows members to post quick notes, photos and videos, as well as to blog. It…
IFC Invests in Fund to Improve Access to Finance for Off-grid Energy Solutions in Africa, Asia
…in the medium term in order to ensure that it is a reliable financing source for companies as they continue their growth path. Shell Foundation, a founding partner, is also…
New Minimum Quality Standards Become Effective on January 1, 2014
…is intended to provide consumers with reliable information about product performance at the time of purchase. The performance reporting requirements are expected to go into effect by mid-2014 after planned…
Past Stakeholder Outreach
…new edition of the test methods used for testing solar products, IEC 62257-9-5:2018 (also written as IEC 62257-9-5 ed. 4). We will phase in use of these new methods between…
In the News: Lighting Global and Quality Assurance Program Covered in the New Yorker Magazine
In a feature-length magazine article published in the New Yorker Magazine, the dynamic evolution and impact of the off-grid solar industry in Africa is profiled at length, including references…
New energy policy in the making in Kenya
…The KEREA and its members are advocating for a great role for decentralized renewable energy technologies in the new national energy policy, to increase energy access in the rural areas…