CNBC Africa takes a closer look at Lighting Africa: An interview with Russel Sturm
CNBC interviewed IFC’s Global Head of Clean Energy and Resource Efficiency Unit earlier this month to explore the work Lighting Africa and Lighting Global are doing to bring light and ...Read More
Announcing the First-Ever Key Performance Indicator Framework for the Off Grid Solar Pay-As-You-Go Sector
Story Highlights: The Distributed Energy Service Company sector is growing rapidly, especially the segments that use a variation of the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) business model, which alone has provided more than ...Read More
In the News: IFC-GOGLA Report on Sales Data and Market Drivers Covered by Greentech Media
Katherine Tweed of Greentech Media recently detailed highlights of the latest Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report — co-produced by Lighting Global and GOGLA — which includes performance data from 55 companies and ...Read More
Call for Comments: Proposal to Submit Quality Standards to the IEC
Since 2010, Lighting Global has maintained Quality Standards for off-grid solar products with modules smaller than approximately 10 peak watts (pico-solar products). These standards set a baseline level of quality, ...Read More
New GOGLA-IFC Report Shows 3.77 Million Off-Grid Solar Products Were Sold in the Second Half of 2016, Despite Difficult Conditions in Key Markets
Today, Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market, and GOGLA, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association, launched the latest Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report, ...Read More
In the News: IFC’s Russell Sturm Interviewed by CNBC Africa on Off-Grid Solar Market
On the sidelines of the recent 2017 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, CNBC Africa’s Nozipho Mbanjwa spoke with Russell Sturm, Global Head of Energy ...Read More
Announcing the 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo Hosted by GOGLA and Lighting Global
GOGLA and Lighting Global are delighted to announce that the 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo (formerly known as the International Off-Grid Lighting Conference and Exhibition) will take place ...Read More
Origin Energy, IFC Launch Pay-As-You-Go Power to Energize Rural Papua New Guinea
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced the launch of a pilot Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) project with Origin Energy PNG Ltd, to support renewable energy use in off-grid communities ...Read More
Power for All: A Policy Roadmap for Clean, Rapid Rural Electricity Access
One year ago, Power for All released a report that concluded that ending energy poverty by 2030 could only be achieved for the 1 billion rural poor by accelerating investment in decentralized ...Read More
New In-Depth Report on State and Future of Off-Grid Solar in Africa
Lights, Power, Action: Electrifying Africa is a follow-up to the Africa Progress Panel’s annual flagship report Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities, published in June 2015. The 2015 ...Read More