Selling Solar to Rural Africa is Emerging as a Hot Market
…Customers pay for the solar system, which costs about $200, with a small up-front sum followed, usually, by daily micro-payments for a year. If the customer stops paying, M-Kopa can…
De-risking Humanitarian Investments
…product characteristics that relate directly to consumer satisfaction, such as durability, brightness, and solar run time. Qualification testing is backed by market surveillance to confirm that products continue to meet…
Revised Standards for Pico-PV Products
…test methods, IEC/TS 62257-9-5:2018. Key changes include: Ports: Port voltage and current specifications, if provided, must be accurate. Included appliances must function when connected to output ports. Power output of…
Testing Process
If you are interested in having an off-grid lighting product or system tested and receiving our business development support, please review the steps below. In the context of Lighting Global,…
Upcoming Pico-PV Quality Standards – To be issued December 1, 2018
…circuit protection, are available to help manufacturers prepare for compliance. Additional minor changes may be included in the final version issued in December. All products that begin testing after December…
IFC And CLASP Announce New Partnership To Sustain Quality Standards For Consumers In Off-Grid Solar Markets
In Washington, D.C., USA: Rahim Kanani Lighting Global Phone: (202) 437-8941 E-mail: rkanani@ifc.org In Washington, D.C., USA: Allison Kimble CLASP Phone: (202) 750-5124 E-mail: akimble@clasp.ngo In Utrecht, Netherlands: Darragh Cotter…
Technical Guides for the KPI Framework
…models of PAYG companies, the KPI framework is not meant to be a scorecard of a company’s operational performance, but offer a more structured way to continuously assess the performance…
Products
…Global Quality Assurance, now maintains the complete list of quality-verified products. The VeraSol product database is the largest online repository of quality-verified solar energy kits and independently-tested fans, refrigerators, televisions,…
Lighting Africa’s Consumer Education Campaign is in Full Swing
…and rely on kerosene, candles or wick sticks. The campaign, dubbed Songa Mble na SolarΒ (Stay ahead with solar), targets 9 million people, both households and small businesses in rural…
Testing Process (CN)
If you are interested in having an off-grid lighting product or system tested and receiving our business development support, please review the steps below. In the context of Lighting Global,…