…advances, especially LED, and declining component costs. “Decreasing LED cost and increasing performance has driven the cost of LED products to less than half that of comparable products using compact…
…off-grid households and micro-enterprises across the agricultural, industrial, commercial, and public sectors. A market for these new applications is emerging, and is explored in our new report, “The Market Opportunity…
…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…
…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…
Lighting Global seeks to build on existing success and lessons learned in order to expand off-grid markets to reach more than 600 million additional people with products that provide Tier…
…be counted. For instance, commercial banks need to explore the opportunities in financing household solar projects. So far, microfinance institutions have played a more significant role, but commercial banks can…
…is the calculation commonly used in the industry. But as the roster of off-grid products expands to provide an ever-wider range of energy services, we recognize that counting the impacts…
…initial deposit then pays the balance in small affordable daily payments for a period of one year through the mobile payment platform M-PESA in order to fully own the product….
…company’s commitment to quality when Barefoot Power won four Lighting Africa Outstanding Product Awards in May, 2010. The awards and recognition have assisted Barefoot Power in its marketing efforts. Lighting…
This compliance guide details the consumer-facing information that pico-solar and solar home system kit manufacturers must include in order to meet the Lighting Global Quality Standards. It is intended for…
