Kerosene-powered night fishing untapped market for clean lighting, study
Night fishermen in the lake and ocean areas of Tanzania spend up to half of their take-home income on buying kerosene for lighting and maintaining their lamps, a new study ...Read More
Consultation on Energy for All Underway: Take Part before February 17!
The United Nations has declared 2014 – 2024 the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in order to focus attention and action on energy as a driver for development. The objective is ...Read More
Using the I-V Curve to Measure Solar Module Performance
Lighting Global has released a new Technical Briefing Note, the 11th in the series, titled “Understanding Solar Modules Specs and Testing.” This Note discusses in detail how solar module performance ...Read More
LED Lights and Eye Safety
Lighting Global has published the second issue of the new Eco Design Notes titled “LED Lights and Eye Safety“. The Note focuses on eye safety issues related to Light Emitting ...Read More
d.light Wins $1.5m Zayed Future Energy Prize
d.light design, manufacturer/distributor of solar lighting products and Associate of the Lighting Africa program, has won the Zayed Future Energy Prize in the Small and Medium-size Enterprise category. The prize, ...Read More
Bettalights excels in business management
South African solar lights manufacturer, Bettalights , has been recognized for good business management in the country’s 2012 Technology Top 100 Awards, where it competed in the “Small Enterprise’ category. Bettalights which ...Read More
2013 Quality surveillance
Quality surveillance to maintain high quality standards in the market and build financiers confidence on market sustainability
Plan to minimize pollution by clean lighting products in the offing
Lighting Global has started to review the environmental and waste impacts of off-grid lighting products – a work that will result in a Strategic Product Life-cycle Management Plan next June. ...Read More
LuminaNET: Join the new global off-grid knowledge sharing network
The Lumina Project in November launched LuminaNET, a global social network for the off-grid lighting community to share knowledge, discuss emerging technologies and business models and to draw on each ...Read More
Solux Vision: From Assembly to Full Production within Africa
German solar lantern developer Solux Service GmbH has helped set up more than 60 solar lantern assembly workshops worldwide, most of them in Africa since 1996 in a drive to ...Read More