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New World Bank Tool Helps Map Solar Potential
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…
300 Days of Sunshine Light Up Papua New Guinea’s Future
The Lighting Papua New Guinea program has brought solar energy to one-fifth of the country’s population. KUPIANO, Papua New Guinea — Until recently, Angela Sinai’s four children couldn’t do…
Origin Energy, IFC Launch Pay-As-You-Go Power to Energize Rural Papua New Guinea
…bring innovative solutions available to those served with minimal power supply. Click here for more information about Lighting Papua New Guinea, or contact Subrata Barman at SBarman@ifc.org. Source: IFC News…
Expanding Energy Access While Reducing GHG Emissions
On Earth Day 2020, more than 5,000 environmental groups from 184 countries, representing hundreds of millions of citizens around the world, sent a message to global leaders that they wanted…
BLOG | How a New Set of Metrics Is Poised to Transform PAYGo Solar
…continues its transition from start-up to maturity, new tools and approaches are needed to help companies and investors understand, manage and grow these businesses. A New Set of Metrics for…
Lighting Africa Featured in Fast Company Magazine
…means living, working, and studying by flickering candlelight or polluting kerosene lamps. Rural electrification is proceeding, but it’s outpaced by population growth. So Lighting Africa, a program of the World…
Reuters | Solar keeps lights, phones on for rural Kenyans during pandemic blackouts
…into darkness, alternative energy sources are increasingly important – even for families connected to the grid, said Pamela Mukami Njeru, a community health volunteer in the central Mt. Kenya region….
COVID-19 Resources
…Africa (Digital Frontiers Institute) WORLD BANK & INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION RESPONSE IFC and COVID-19 (Coronavirus Resources) Lighting Myanmar Supporting Rural Communities through Pandemic IFC Helping Small Businesses Navigate through COVID-19…
PRESS RELEASE | 2020 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report
…market, providing lighting and other energy services to 420 million users and remains on a solid growth curve, a new World Bank Group and GOGLA report shows. The 2020 Off-Grid…