Market Check Testing Policy Notice
Lighting Africa has developed and released a new policy that outlines the procedure for randomly and anonymously conducting market check tests to verify the quality and performance of off-grid products…
Lighting Global Quality Assurance Roadmap
The Lighting Global team has just published a new document that outlines the existing framework and future goals of the Quality Assurance program. In addition to describing the history and…
Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report (January – June 2018)
…pay-as-you-go products reached a value of $110 million. The new report also demonstrates the growing impact of off-grid solar, building on the recently revised GOGLA Impact Metrics. Click here…
Off-Grid Lighting Sector in Africa Shows Positive Growth
…around the benefits of clean and affordable off-grid lighting, has now reached 11 million people in rural Kenya and 675,000 people in Ghana. The campaign has supported the 450% growth…
Accelerating Access to Energy, Shell Foundation
…and scale new decentralised energy solutions that provide safe, reliable and affordable power to low-income consumers in under-served areas. This report outlines the lessons learned from this work. We detail…
Changes to Battery Durability Test Thresholds in Quality Standards
…releasing a new version of the Standards. Revisions in this version include: The passing threshold for the Battery Durability Storage Test is now defined as: “The average capacity loss of…
Comparison of the Draft Lighting Global Solar Home System Kit Test Methods and IEC/TS 62257-9-5
…W. The methods are similar to the existing test methods used to assess pico-products that are described in IEC/TS 62257-9-5, but include some modifications and new test procedures. This document…
Transparent solar panel may hold key to electricity-generating windows
Window glass dressed with the new transparent polymer solar cell, made from photoactive plastic, which produces energy by absorbing and converting infrared light into an electric current. ©UCLA Researchers at…
STUDY: The Impacts of Solar Lanterns on Rural Indian Households
A new study, undertaken by IFC’s Lighting Asia/India Program in partnership with d.light evaluates the impact of solar lanterns on households’ economic, health, and educational parameters in the states of…
Accelerated Verification Method Policy
Lighting Global has developed a new, faster framework for product quality verification. This Accelerated Verification Method (AVM) is an optional alternative quality verification pathway that is faster than the standard…