Quality Assurance Update: Earning Your Continued Trust
…We are writing to update you on what we are doing to earn your continued trust. We recently learned that a fake Lighting Global verification letter was submitted to a…
Solar Home System Kit Quality Standards
…website: www.lightingglobal.org/products. View this Change Log to see what changed when in each set of quality standards. Current and previous versions of the Quality Standards may be downloaded below. A…
Pico-PV Quality Standards
…and posted on the Lighting Global website: www.lightingglobal.org/products. Current and previous versions of the Quality Standards may be downloaded below. View this Change Log to see what changed when in…
Requirements and Guidelines for Installation of Off-Grid Solar Systems for Public Facilities
Prepared in collaboration with the Schatz Energy Research Center and ECREEE, this quality assurance framework was developed to support a new approach for the procurement, installation and long-term maintenance of…
QUALITY ASSURANCE | Ethiopia Streamlines Importation for High-Quality Solar Products
…building consumer confidence in off-grid solar equipment. To ensure a smooth transition, Lighting Global continues to work with private sector companies operating in Ethiopia to familiarize them with the new…
Green Energy Loans for the Poor
…areas of Ghana,” says Dr. Patrick Agbesinyale, Executive Director of CRAN Microfinance. CRAN is providing these energy loans with the support of Impact Energies Ghana, which delivers innovative financing, supply…
Kerosene-free Kenya: Rio +20 agreement to increase access to clean energy
…a framework policy for renewable energy and energy efficiency that will enable more widespread adoption of solar lighting products and improved cook stoves, displacing kerosene. Norway additionally signed agreements with…
Papua New Guinea
With only about 13% of people with access to the electricity grid, Papua New Guinea (PNG), is one of the most challenging and underserved energy markets in the world. PNG…
IFC, World Bank Lighting Programs Improve Energy Access for 47m
…assurance framework that now includes larger (up to 100 watt)plug and play kits. Pioneered in the World Bank Group’s Lighting Africa program, the Lighting Global Quality Standards,have been widely accepted…
Award-Winning Consumer Awareness Campaign for Quality-Assured Solar Lighting in Rural India Enters Second Phase
…below five percent,” says Anjali Garg. “We are working on a series of interventions with manufacturers and distributors of solar lighting products to enable consumers to have access to high…