Sam Goldman (center) accepting his award at the National Peace Corps Association’s The Promise of the Peace Corps Gala, surrounded by journalist Christ Matthews and NPCA President Kevin Quigley ©…
Using modern lights to read © Peter DiCampo Peter DiCampo’s Life Without Lights photography in Northern Ghana, Kurdistan in Northern Iraq and New Mexico, USA, reveals how energy poverty affects…
Nearly 600 million people in Africa – about 70 percent of the population – lack electricity and rely on expensive and polluting lighting sources such as kerosene lamps and candles….
Lighting Africa facilitated the Kenya Renewable Energy Association (KEREA) stakeholder deliberations on the Kenyan draft National Energy Policy, on 29 November in Nairobi. Key stakeholders in the energy sector, such…
The African Energy Ministers Conference, Road to Durban: Promoting Sustainable Energy Access in Africa, that took place in Johannesburg on September 15-16, 2011, recognized the potential of low-cost household energy…
Story adapted with the permission of Barefoot Power Bakole Joel reading for his future © Barefoot Power “There is now reason to pass my exams.” Bakole Bakole is a Primary…
Elephant Energy, a not-for-profit organization that works to increase access to energy in Namibia, distributed solar-powered lighting and charging technologies to flood victims in six regions of Namibia in July…
Barefoot Power was named Small Company of the Year at the Australian Sustainability Awards. The awards, organized by Ethical Investor took place in Melbourne, Australia, in December. The judges recognized…
The Lighting Global team is finalizing the test methods to extend the water ingress protection (IP) requirement to PV module junction boxes. We plan to release these new methods within…
Lighting Global has published Technical Note Issue 15: “Protection from the Elements Part IV: Radiation Exposure.” The article concludes our four part series examining the environmental durability of pico-powered lighting…
