Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform for developing the off-grid market to help people with no access to electricity, has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to organize a …Read More
Over the next year, Lighting Global and the regional programs (Lighting Africa, Lighting Asia and Lighting Pacific) will begin to extend support to “plug-and-play” direct current (DC) solar home system kits that …Read More
Greenlight Planet has launched a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) platform, the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy, to enable low-income customers purchase its solar lamps in instalments over a period of 10 weeks. …Read More
Omnivoltaic Power Co. Ltd has released a fifth solar-powered lighting product that meets the Lighting Global Quality Standards. The ovPilot X can provide bright light of 74 lumens for over …Read More
Key players in the off-grid lighting market scooped top prizes in the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2015 announced earlier this week at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, UAE. Panasonic, whose …Read More
The United Nations has designated 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies to raise awareness on light science and how light-based technologies promote sustainable development and provide …Read More
Niwa Solar has released a new line of modular systems, which includes the Office 200 X2, the Home Run 400 X3, and 15 additional systems made up of components in …Read More
IFC has launched a new off-grid lighting program in Bangladesh, Lighting Asia/Bangladesh, with a target of reaching 2.5 million people with clean, affordable lighting over the next three years. The …Read More
China’s Shenzhen Academy of Metrology and Quality Inspection (SMQ) has joined the Lighting Global quality assurance laboratory network which upholds quality in the off-grid lighting market. SMQ becomes the 6th …Read More
Lighting Global is seeking feedback on a new policy that presents requirements and guidelines for reporting performance metrics on product packaging. The policy is intended to ensure that all those …Read More
