…affordable to all. Girls completing homework under a LED light © Jamie Seno/Lighting Africa Bringing solar lanterns into employee homes A year ago, Maggie Hobbs, director of the Tambuzi flower…
…partnership with a local manufacturer of solar panels, Ubbink East Africa. This is fosera’s third assembly line for modern off-grid solar lighting products in Africa, after Mozambique and Ethiopia. “We…
It is important to have all products that currently meet the Lighting Global Quality Standards listed on the Lighting Global website in order to provide a reliable resource to stakeholders…
Washington DC, April 1, 2015—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Shell Foundation will invest in a new investment fund dedicated to providing financing to manufacturers and distributors…
More than 30 million off-grid solar products sold and over $5 billion saved by consumers in energy-related spending since 2010 USA/Netherlands, October 23, 2017 – Today, Lighting Global, the World…
2010年，在全球范围内，大约有12亿人口过着没有电的生活。目前，这一数字已经降到7.89亿*。尽管已经取得重大进展，但根据现行和计划政策，预计到2030年，仍将有6.2亿人口无法接入电力，且这部分人口的85％集中在撒哈拉以南的非洲。 这些无法享受到现代能源服务的人口，大多数依靠煤油、蜡烛、手电筒或其他以化石燃料为能源的技术来提供照明。这些获取能源的传统方式价格昂贵，有害健康，高危且有污染性。它们使地球上最贫困的人群陷入能源贫困的生活，既限制了经济发展，又阻碍了人们追求教育、民生发展、健康和包括通讯，供水和交通在内的各项基本服务的步伐。 点亮全球是由世界银行集团发起的倡议，旨在为全球7.89亿无法接入电力的人口迅速接入离网太阳能。点亮全球项目由国际金融公司和世界银行共同管理，并得到能源部门管理援助计划 (ESMAP) 的支持，与制造商、分销商、政府和其他发展伙伴进行合作，共同建立和发展现代离网太阳能市场。我们的项目得到了能源部门管理援助计划 (ESMAP)、公私基础设施咨询机构 (The Public – Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility，简称 PPIAF)、荷兰外交部 (The Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs)、意大利环境、领土与海洋部 (The Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land, and Sea，简称 IMELS)，以及宜家基金会…
…stakeholders to unlock key market barriers in order to enable affordable access to off-grid solar technologies for the hundreds of millions of people living without electricity around the globe. We…
…harmonizing regulations and reducing barriers to trade created a level playing field for companies and made solar energy affordable to millions of off-grid families. – Patrick Walsh, CEO, Greenlight Planet…
…in Addis Ababa organized by the African Union Commission and supported by the European Union Technical Assistance Facility (EU TAF) reinforced this claim. Many questions remain over when and how…
…products more affordable by bringing down the cost at the point of purchase. In order not to undermine the market, however, caution must be used when applying such subsidies. To…
