…little to no savings,” said Russell Sturm, global head of energy access at IFC Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar…
In the latest issue of World Development, Evan Mills of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) publishes an in-depth article about kerosene subsidies impeding progress toward social and development goals….
By Anna Wells, GOGLA Senior Communications Adviser Next month, the United Nations’ International Literacy Day will focus on ‘literacy in a digital world’. Without a doubt, digital technologies are changing…
…vaccine deployment in remote rural areas is often delayed or impossible – contributing to the approximately 1.7 million children who die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases. Without reliable access to…
…number represents 60 percent of the world’s 789 million people who do not have any access to electricity. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), 530 million people will still…
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Foundation have announced a cooperative agreement that will enable developing countries access important technical documents that support…
…new edition of the test methods used for testing solar products, IEC 62257-9-5:2018 (also written as IEC 62257-9-5 ed. 4). We will phase in use of these new methods between…
…in off-grid technology. As return visitor, Riccardo Puliti, Senior Director of Energy & Extractives at the World Bank noted while touring our solar village with then-interim President of the World…
English | Chinese Later this year, the International Electrotechnical Commission, a leading international standards organization, will for the first time publish quality standards for standalone solar energy kits. This development…
The Board of the World Bank Group approved on April 17, 2019 the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP), which includes $150 million in the form of credit and grant from…
