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Designing Responsible End-User Subsidies for Energy Access

…barrier. It stresses the need for responsibly designed subsidies to prevent market distortion and provides practical guidance for stakeholders active in the energy sector, such as governments, development partners, companies,…

Lighting Global Quality Assurance Update 2012

…the QA framework with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); the process is likely to be completed this year. This document is a summary of the changes that were suggested and…

Expanding Energy Access While Reducing GHG Emissions

…from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization — and the effects of a warming planet become ever-more tangible through hurricanes and droughts, floods and wildfires. More than 10% of these total…

Quality Assurance Policy for PAYG Systems

Recognizing the need to clarify how the Lighting Global Quality Standards apply to pay-as-you-go (PAYG) systems, Lighting Global has published a Quality Assurance Policy for PAYG products. PAYG-enabled solar home…

IEC adopts Lighting Global Quality Standards

By Natalie Mouyal, 26 June 2020 This story originally appeared on the International Electrotechnical Commission Blog   Access to affordable and reliable energy is a basic need. Not only is…