LAINDEHA, Indonesia (AP) — As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbor switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin roof. It was just one bulb powered by a small ...
Many households in impoverished regions around the world are starting to shift away from inefficient and polluting fuel-based lighting--such as candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns--to solar-LED ...
The latest finding will bring d.light’s securitised financing to US$490 million since 2020. Image: d.light Off-grid solar product manufacturer d.light has secured US$30 million to purchase up to ...
The global off-grid solar appliance market began an uneven recovery from the worst ravages of the global pandemic in the second half of last year, according to market body GOGLA, but more finance and ...
Converted from standard shipping containers, container homes offer advantages such as low construction cost, robust structure ...
A project organized by the International Finance Corporation aims to help LED companies sell lighting systems to homes and businesses that lack electrical power and rely on fuel-based lighting. The ...
West Africa hogged more than twice as much investment as the east in a year which saw stock market backing plunge an ‘alarming’ 46%, leaving donor grant funding and debt to pick up the slack during a ...
The off-grid solar market continues to be a key plank towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal Seven - Universal Access to Energy for all by 2030. In Kenya, a strategy to deliberately ...
Opinion

Lighting the last mile

THE Philippines' off-grid islands, home to millions of Filipinos, represent the remarkable progress and the urgent unfinished work of national electrification.