Better light for more people
…the University of Nairobi, Kenya, using Lighting Africa low-cost initial screening method. The lab is the first of its kind in East Africa to offer testing of off-grid lighting products…
Improving Quality of Off-Grid Products: Building Lab Capacity and Providing Training Infrastructure
…merged globally over the last decade. These technologies are popular because they are cost-effective, robust and use less energy. The emergence of these technologies has led to efforts to develop…
New energy policy in the making in Kenya
…adequate, reliable, quality, equitable, sustainable and cost effective supply of energy to meet national and county development needs, while protecting and conserving the environment. The deliberations are part of a…
New lighting products pass quality standards, debut in market
…upfront cost to consumers.  Two products manufactured by German-based Fosera —the SCANDLE 200 and Pico Solar Home System 7000—also passed the rigorous Lighting Global quality testing. The SCANDLE 200…
Testing Similar Products Policy
…results for at least one product, and targeted testing for the variant products. This option is provided as a service to manufacturers to help reduce testing costs; without this option,…
Designing Public Funding Mechanisms in the Off-Grid Solar Sector
…to provide energy access through OGS. Funding mechanisms are defined as supply side when funding goes to companies or investors to reduce the cost or risk of supplying products to…
Framework for Testing Product Component Families
…products at the component-level is that users are able to tailor a complete system to their budget and lighting needs. In principle it is also less costly to scale-up these…
Quantitative Market Assesment Results – Tanzania
…used and their cost. It also includes an evaluation of modern off-grid lighting products. The report finds that glass-covered paraffin lamps are the most used type of lighting device and…
Lighting Global Quality Standards Published in Chinese
…these products are manufactured in China, where the local expertise has been essential to enable innovation and cost that drives the development of this $1 billion market. This new collaboration…
The Rapidly Emerging Off-Grid Solar Market (Webinar: April 20, 2016, 9am ET, 3pm CET)
…and mobile-phone charging. Solar-powered off-grid lighting products and home energy kits offer much better energy service at lower cost and the market for these products is growing rapidly, particularly in…