Quality Assurance
Protecting Consumers …the up-front costs of a solar lantern – let alone a Solar Home System – are comparatively high, and most consumers simply cannot afford to purchase something that…
Overview: PAYG KPI Framework
…Insight Series: Sales Agent Network Management, October 5, 2017 Contact Us For further information, please contact us: Naomi Bruck, nbruck@ifc.org Anna Lerner, alerner@worldbank.org Juan Andres Turner, jaturner@worldbank.org Farah Mohammadzadeh, fmohammadzadeh@worldbank.org…
Kenya: Tax Cut on Solar Panels to Light Up More Homes
…duty at 25 per cent and 10 per cent which in effect makes local manufacture unattractive. This comes as a boost to solar equipment dealers who are gearing up to…
New Studies Published on Off-Grid Lighting in West Africa
…Effect of Fuel Subsidies in the Off-Grid Lighting Market, explores how subsidies can impede the entry of efficient lighting technologies into off-grid markets. The study estimates that current subsidies for…
Illuminating the Pecking Order in Off-Grid Lighting
…The test achieved lower operating costs, produced substantially more light, improved the working environment, and had no adverse effect on yields. A strategy using conventional solar fluorescent lighting also achieved…
Protection from the Elements Part IV – Radiation Exposure
This Technical Briefing Note is Part IV in a series of Notes examining the environmental durability of picoβpowered lighting products. Part IV focuses on solar radiation and its effect on…
Experiencing Solar Products in the Dark Sheds Light on their Power
…light – was startling. This helped visitors get a feel for how dark a home without electricity truly is – a darkness that is the daily reality for hundreds of…
MFIs, SACCOs Key to Clean Lighting for Women
…new Lighting Africa survey has found. The survey, undertaken in Kenya’s four key markets of modern solar lights – Nyanza, Central, Nairobi and the Coastal regions, found that women access…
Minimum Quality Standards Revised to Deliver Better Consumer Value
…that better serve and protect consumers. The revised quality standards, which come into effect in January 2014, ban the use on batteries containing cadmium or mercury in line with an…
Upcoming Pico-PV Quality Standards – To be issued December 1, 2018
This document presents the revised Lighting Global Quality Standards for pico-solar products that will take effect on December 1, 2018. The revised standards, which now include requirements for ports and…