India
…adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); product testing laboratories exist across the world including at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) lab in New Delhi, the first in South…
Global Off-Grid Lighting Stakeholders Association
Kick-off meeting of the Global Off-grid Lighting Stakeholders Association Twelve international companies congregated in New Delhi, India, in February to attend the Global Off-Grid Lighting Stakeholders Association’s kick-off meeting. The…
Kerosene-free Kenya: Rio +20 agreement to increase access to clean energy
…Kenya spends more than over USD600 million importing Kerosene annually. Kerosene is the primary source of lighting energy for 68 percent of Kenya’s population, most of whom live in rural…
Launch of 2016 World Bank Group/Bloomberg Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report
…World Bank Group’s Lighting Global Program since the young industry’s emergence seven years ago. Written in collaboration with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and in cooperation with the Global Off-Grid Lighting…
Lighting Global Associate Services Offering
Lighting Global is the World Bank Group’s initiative to rapidly increase access to off-grid solar energy for the 840 million living without grid electricity around the world. Lighting Global works…
New report: African Women Stand to Gain from Modern Off-Grid Lighting
A new report from the joint IFC/World Bank Lighting Africa Program finds that women in Africa are both important beneficiaries and key facilitators of the modern off-grid lighting revolution. Affordable…
Lighting Africa: Moving Consumers Up the Energy Ladder
…rapid development of new technology, and the emergence of new business models which make a wider range of modern energy services available to those previously unable to access them. Lighting…
The 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report
…of innovation as revolutionary new business models and disruptive technologies continue to emerge across the market. This report provides a compelling view under the hood of that dynamic machine and…
A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Solar Lights Quality-Verified
…using independent accredited labs. The online step-by-step guide provides a comprehensive set of documents and policies related to product testing, including the latest version of the Lighting Global Quality Standards….
Barefoot Power’s Lighting Project Registered for Carbon Finance
…our 2012 conference website www.lightingafrica.org/2012conference to see the UNFCCC presentation. You can also find an article ‘From Carbon to Light’ on a new framework of estimating green house gas reductions…