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World Bank Spurs Kenya Off-Grid Solar Expansion with $150MM IDA Credit

Published on May 14, 2022 July 31, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The $150 million in World Bank IDA is to be used to provide community solar mini-grids, standalone off-grid solar energy systems, solar water pumps, solar cookers and training and capacity building to as many as 1.3 million rural poor in Kenya.

Episcopalian, Methodist Churches Plow $60MM into Developing World Off-Grid Solar

Published on March 8, 2017 March 3, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The Church Pension Fund and Wespath Benefits and Investments have invested $60 million ($30 million each) in Developing World Markets’ (DWM) landmark $60.8 million ORCA (Off-grid Renewables-Climate Action) note.

USAID Adds Momentum to Sub-Saharan Off-Grid Solar with $4 Million of New SOGE Grant Awards

Published on March 5, 2017 February 16, 2017 by Andrew Burger

USAID will award Scaling Off-Grid Energy Development Grand Challenge grants of up to $500,000 each to Sub-Saharan start-ups that demonstrate commercially promising innovations and show they’ve raised sufficient capital from private sector investors.

Ugandan Off-Grid Solar, Low-Cost Internet Access Poised for a Growth Spurt

Published on February 14, 2017 February 13, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Uganda’s national off-grid solar and renewable power iniative brightens prospects for the economy, society and the environment. Entrepreneurial African solar start-ups are keen to contribute.

Off-Grid Solar-Storage Program Just Scratches the Surface of Navajo Nation Sustainable Energy Potential

Published on February 17, 2017 February 7, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has installed small-scale home solar PV-energy storage systems in 20,000 homes and counting. The sustainable energy drive just scratches the surface of the Navajo Nation’s local solar and renewable energy generation capacity, however.

Off-Grid Solar Hits the Ground Running in Rural Nicaragua, Panama

Published on March 30, 2017 January 9, 2017 by Andrew Burger

A chance meeting the clean energy and water poverty he witnessed during his travels across Nicaragua and Panama led Marc Henrich to create Solubrite. Now the solar-social enterprise startup is on the road with the aim of installing another 25,000 small home solar PV systems in rural communities across the two Central American countries.

Zimbabwe Off-Grid Solar Start-up Lands Kiva Direct to Social Enterprise Loan

Published on January 1, 2017 December 30, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Providing mobile “pay as you go” home solar loans, Zonful Energy tapped into Kiva’s new Direct to Social Enterprise Fund to secure a $50,000 loan that will enable it to deploy the PAYG mobile payments soloution to remote and rural areas.

Off-Grid Solar Start-ups Pierce the ¨Heart of Darkness¨

Published on January 12, 2017 December 8, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Expanding in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, an innovative off-grid solar energy start-up conceived at Colorado State University aims to leverage mobile micropayments to deliver low and zero-emissions electricity to residents of remote communities in Peru’s Amazon.

Off-Grid Solar Industry Investments Rise 15-Fold, Total $276 Million in 2015

Published on October 27, 2016 October 22, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Two market research reports from the World Bank Group’s Global Lighting Program and GOGLA reveal growing use of off-grid solar energy and associated solar products and the beneficial impacts they’re making worldwide, particularly in rural and remote communities.

India’s Simpa Networks Launches Off-Grid, Pay-Go Home Solar-Satellite TV Service Bundle

Published on May 14, 2022 June 9, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Indian mobile PAYG off-grid home solar provider Simpa Networks announced the launch of Magic TV, the country’s first solar-powered pay-as-you-go satellite TV solution.

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