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…every 10% increase in farm yield has led to a 7% decrease in poverty in Africa. PULSE appliances can also help to cushion against shocks resulting from climate change and…
…every 10% increase in farm yield has led to a 7% decrease in poverty in Africa. PULSE appliances can also help to cushion against shocks resulting from climate change and…
…reach a broad market, which reduces costs, and consumers benefit through reduced prices for quality assured products. With the IEC standard, it is also expected that more manufacturers will design…
…and Asia have no access to electricity. With falling prices, increased efficiency and financial innovation, such as pay-as-you-go consumer finance, over 120 million people have now shifted from toxic kerosene…
…more to purchase the Little Sun lamps, affording rural off-grid communities low prices. Little Sun GmbH is a social business that is increasing access to clean light in a sustainable…
…PNG’s off-grid lighting market shows the country is poised for strong growth in solar devices, which is being driven by widespread need, high prices of other available power sources such…
…rural electrification, at specially discounted prices. The documents include the Quality Assurance Framework for solar powered off-grid lighting products, which has been used by the Lighting Africa and Lighting Asia…
…savings would be 0.16 tons of carbon dioxide per lamp (over a two-year deemed service life), worth $3/lamp at today’s carbon prices. Alternate values for many factors can be used…
…power grid. In fact, just a fraction of the population—less than 15 percent— is connected to the grid. And those who do have electricity pay high prices while contending with…
…a broad market, which reduces costs, and consumers benefit through reduced prices for quality assured products. With the IEC standard, it is also expected that more manufacturers will design products…
Referring to climbing fuel prices, Dr. Moody, a local doctor, businessman and resident of Mafia Island off the southeast coast of Tanzania, said “not many families can use kerosene at…