Lighting Africa consumer education campaign road show, Kenya. © Andres Bifani/Lighting Africa/2012 LuminaNet LuminaNet is a global not-for-profit online community dedicated to solving problems arising from fuel-based lighting in the…
Opportunities for Growth IFC’s Daniel Shepherd, Head of Energy & Water Advisory Services for Sub-Saharan Africa, leads an exciting online discussions about the opportunities for growth in the off-grid market….
…managed by the schools, giving 6,115 students direct access to the lights. Due to the large average family size in the regions, this means that approximately 55,000 people were directly…
…the way people live, learn and work around the world. It’s more than likely that you’re reading this on a smart phone or laptop; technologies we rely on in our…
©SunCulture By Jennifer Lynch, Lighting Global Communications Lead This story was originally published on the World Bank Energy website. Nearly 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa still don’t have…
…quality-verified off-grid solar sources. Without dedicated market building efforts, it is extremely unlikely so many would have gained access, given financial realities. The future of PULSE These market-building efforts can…
…the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. “With this industry evolving rapidly and becoming an increasingly organized sector, we are also improving the way we collect…
…on the difference between local retail prices and true market prices, and is nearly $35 billion per year when externality costs from climate change damage and local air pollution are…
…the public performance targets are no longer needed. The updated minimum quality standards also introduce a new performance reporting requirement for light output and daily run time. This new requirement…
…PRESENTERS: Dr. Arne Jacobson, Technical Lead for Quality Assurance at Lighting Global (Director of the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University) Meg Harper, Engineer for Quality Assurance at…
