Abstract: There is considerable well-intended, yet wishful anticipation about reducing greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fuel-based lighting in the developing world with grid-independent light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems. Most estimates…
…Sustainable Energy for All is an initiative of the United Nations, launched in September 2011, to transform the world’s energy systems so that everyone in the world will by 2030…
Lighting Global is the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market as a means of rapidly increasing energy access to the more than…
…energy priorities after the MDG 2015 deadline. “Sustainable Energy for All is essential for achieving our Millennium Development Goals and for opening up new opportunities for growth and prosperity in…
Lighting Global is the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market as a means of rapidly increasing energy access to the more than…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) operates a portfolio of programs to support the development of off grid lighting markets, including Lighting Africa (jointly implemented with the World Bank) and Lighting…
…Quality Standards for pico-solar products to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for publication as an international standard. We would like to thank everyone who shared comments on our proposal. A…
…country. The Trust has some 80 local distributors in rural areas, most of whom benefitted from Plan International’s educational support initiatives. The Trust has in recent months made rapid progress…
Solar Kit LithiumSolarWorks! newest product, the Solar Kit Lithium,was recently tested, and met the Lighting Global Quality Standards.This portable solar light offers three brightness levels and a USB cable with…
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…
