This slide deck, part of an online course, gives a brief but thorough overview of business models for off-grid solar energy, looking in particular at pay-as-you-go models, and presents insights into the investment landscape for off-grid solar companies.
This report by the Alliance for Rural Electrification explores the role of women in advancing electrification and socio-economic development in rural communities and gives examples of ways to integrate gender equality throughout the off-grid energy supply chain.
This guide addresses the challenges faced by rural energy enterprises in developing countries, and sets out solutions such as business models offering cooking energy as a service.
This guidebook helps project developers and investors to prepare bankable business plans for RE projects, particularly for power generation.
This memo summarises the methodology and results of a study of the climate vulnerabilities of Latin American energy systems, and highlights some adaptation measures.
This paper underscores the need for sustainable utilities to deliver the energy transition in lower- and middle-income countries, and provides recommendations to governments and other stakeholders.
This document provides recommendations to guide relevant stakeholders in the development and implementation of a quality assurance (QA) framework for stand-alone solar (SAS) products in Ethiopia.
This page presents quality standards for solar home system kits in various versions and languages.
This page presents quality standards for pico-PV solar kits in various versions and languages.
This database contains information on solar home systems, pico-PV products and efficient appliances that have been tested and certified by Lighting Global’s Verasol.