Quality Standards Updates
The Lighting Global Quality Assurance team has made some minor, clarifying updates to the Quality Standards. The revised version of the Standards is available here and the updates are described…
fosera’s new Solar TV Takes Home Outstanding Off-Grid Appliance Award
fosera’s award winning solar LED TV © fosera fosera, a manufacturer of solar powered off-grid lighting products and appliances, has emerged winner in the inaugural Outstanding Off-Grid Appliance Awards competition…
Barefoot Power Releases Fifth Solar Lighting Product
Barefoot’s latest lantern, the Go 250 Barefoot Power has released its fifth product, the Go 250, which is a portable solar lantern that can be used for task lighting or…
IFC Launches South-to-South Solar Power Project to Light Up Papua New Guinea
In Sydney: Kirsten Bartlett Phone: (61) 2 9235 6524 E-mail: KBartlett@ifc.org In Port Moresby: Lavui Bala Phone: +675 321 7111 or +675 7228 4552 E-mail: LBala@ifc.org Port Moresby, Papua New…
Niwa Releases New Product with Mobile Phone Charging
Niwa Multi 100 Plus Niwa – Next Energy Products Ltd has released their third portable solar LED product. The Niwa Multi 100 Plus is a bright, portable light that offers…
Minor updates to the Quality Standards
The Lighting Global Quality Assurance team has made some additional updates to the Quality Standards. These updates do not represent a change in Lighting Global practices, but are only meant…
New Policy Released for Testing Product Families with Interchangeable Components
Lighting Global just released a Framework for Testing Product Component Families to respond to the increasing market presence of off-grid lighting “product families”—a set of interchangeable components sold on a…
Lighting Africa: Moving Consumers Up the Energy Ladder
After successfully catalyzing the market for clean, affordable solar lighting products in the unelectrified, largely rural areas of Africa, the Lighting Africa program is moving up the energy ladder to…
d.light Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Product
d.light design has introduced a new plug-and-play solar home lighting system which offers two lamps and a portable lantern. The product can charge mobile phones. The D20, which has met…
Orb Energy Releases New Multi-Room Plug-and-Play System
Orb Energy has released a new product, the Solectric 30, which doubles the power and lamps of its first product, the Solectric 15. The Solectric 30 comes with four hanging/ceiling…