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Narrowing the Energy Gap: Mobisol Receives IFC Investment Boost

Narrowing the Energy Gap: Mobisol Receives IFC Investment Boost

26 January 2017

  Less than a quarter of households in Kenya are connected to the national electric grid, but solar energy solutions are narrowing the energy gap. Thirty percent of unconnected households ...Read More

By Plugging in Africa, Lighting Global Program Associate Mobisol Connects a Continent to Change

By Plugging in Africa, Lighting Global Program Associate Mobisol Connects a Continent to Change

25 January 2017

Jacinta Auma used to stock kerosene lamps, flashlights, and candles to light her home in rural Kenya, but that changed when solar panels were installed on her roof.  Now that ...Read More

d.light Secures Additional US$10.5M in Funding for Off-Grid Solutions

d.light Secures Additional US$10.5M in Funding for Off-Grid Solutions

24 January 2017

Off-grid solar solution manufacturer and Lighting Global Program Associate d.light has raised an additional USD 10.5 million in funding to expand its operations in Africa and Asia, which brings the ...Read More

Bloomberg Off-Grid & Mini-Grid Q1 2017 Market Outlook

Bloomberg Off-Grid & Mini-Grid Q1 2017 Market Outlook

18 January 2017

In its inaugural market outlook report focusing on off-grid and mini-grids, Bloomberg heavily references the latest GOGLA-IFC Global Off-Grid Solar Semi-Annual Market Report, which found that more than 4M off-grid solar ...Read More

New World Bank Tool Helps Map Solar Potential

New World Bank Tool Helps Map Solar Potential

17 January 2017

The World Bank, in partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), launched the Global Solar Atlas, a free, web-based tool to help investors and policymakers identify potential sites for solar power ...Read More

Lighting Global Releases a New Eco Design Note

Lighting Global Releases a New Eco Design Note

22 November 2016

The Lighting Global team has released a new Eco Design Note on the subject of product repair. Eco Design Note Issue 6 “Renewable Energy Product Repair Part I: Overview” reviews ...Read More

IFC And CLASP Announce New Partnership To Sustain Quality Standards For Consumers In Off-Grid Solar Markets

IFC And CLASP Announce New Partnership To Sustain Quality Standards For Consumers In Off-Grid Solar Markets

18 November 2016

In Washington, D.C., USA: Rahim Kanani Lighting Global Phone: (202) 437-8941 E-mail: rkanani@ifc.org In Washington, D.C., USA: Allison Kimble CLASP Phone: (202) 750-5124 E-mail: akimble@clasp.ngo In Utrecht, Netherlands: Darragh Cotter ...Read More

Webinar On 15 November: Upcoming Changes To Lighting Global Quality Assurance Framework

Webinar On 15 November: Upcoming Changes To Lighting Global Quality Assurance Framework

08 November 2016

We are now working to integrate the test methods for pico-products and SHS kits into a single quality assurance framework that covers off-grid energy kits with PV power up to ...Read More

Register For The International Forum & 11th New Energy Technology Annual Conference At SMQ: 17 November 10 AM – 5 PM

Register For The International Forum & 11th New Energy Technology Annual Conference At SMQ: 17 November 10 AM – 5 PM

08 November 2016

Shenzhen Academy of Metrology & Quality Inspection (SMQ) and the Lighting Global Quality Assurance Team are partnering to offer the Lighting Global International Forum & 11th New Energy Technology Annual ...Read More

Improving the accuracy of our impact reporting through the Multi-Tier Framework

Improving the accuracy of our impact reporting through the Multi-Tier Framework

01 November 2016

Why 59.9 million is equal to 15.8 million Access to modern, reliable energy is crucial to sustainable development. This fact underpins not only the mission of our work – to provide energy ...Read More

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