STUDY: The Impacts of Solar Lanterns on Rural Indian Households
A new study, undertaken by IFC’s Lighting Asia/India Program in partnership with d.light evaluates the impact of solar lanterns on households’ economic, health, and educational parameters in the states of ...Read More
Announcing Improvements to Lighting Global Quality Assurance Co-Branding Procedures
Single off-grid solar lighting products are often branded and marketed by multiple companies through a process called co-branding. As the marketplace for off-grid solar products becomes increasingly saturated and competitive, more companies ...Read More
New Resource: Meeting Lighting Global Quality Standards for Consumer-Facing Information Requirements
In an effort to increase compliance with the Lighting Global Quality Standards, the Quality Assurance team has just released a new guide to compliance for the consumer-facing information requirements of those standards. This easy-to-use document provides clear ...Read More
Lighting Asia launches PAYGO in Afghanistan
NEW SOLAR PLATFORM IN AFGHANISTAN PROMISES ELECTRIFICATION FOR RURAL AND OFFGRID COMMUNITIES Lighting Afghanistan, an energy initiative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), introduced the first Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) ...Read More
Off-Grid Energy Has Key Role in Kenya’s New Electrification Strategy
Off-Grid energy’s tremendous impacts – and potential for more – have been recognized in the newly launched (December 2018) Kenya National Electrification Strategy (KNES). KNES lays out a strategy for ...Read More
Off-Grid Energy Has Key Role in Kenya’s New Electrification Strategy
Off-Grid energy’s tremendous impacts – and potential for more – have been recognized in the newly launched (December 2018) Kenya National Electrification Strategy (KNES). KNES lays out a strategy for ...Read More
REPORT | Togo Market Assessment
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) commissioned a new study to assess off-grid energy market in Togo, focused on solar lanterns and solar home systems, providing public and private sector actors ...Read More
WEBINAR | PAYGo PERFORM
JOIN US for a PAYGo PERFORM webinar Thursday, 13 December 2018 7-8am EST/1pm CET/3pm EAT A rapidly growing number of low-income customers around the world are gaining access to solar home ...Read More
New Video: The Solar Story, Lighting Africa in Kenya
In 2009, IFC/World Bank launched the Lighting Africa program in Kenya, with an objective of mobilizing the private sector to create markets for clean and affordable off-grid lighting products for ...Read More
Revised Standards for Pico-PV Products
As announced earlier this year, all pico-PV products that start testing after 1 December 2018 will be held to revised Quality Standards that include requirements for ports and circuit protection. These ...Read More