Updates
PRESS RELEASE: Off-Grid Solar Products Deliver High Satisfaction for Kenyan Consumers
Nov 16, 2021
CLASP, which leads the VeraSol quality assurance initiative, commissioned a study to evaluate consumers’ experiences with off-grid solar products in Kenya. This study was the first of its kind and sought to complement existing data gathered through laboratory testing by focusing on how consumers interact with quality-verified and non-quality verified products.
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Efficiency for Access Design Challenge Showcases Prototypes at Dutch Design Week 2021
Oct 19, 2021
Six student teams from the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge 2020–2021 are showcasing their prototype designs in a virtual gallery at Dutch Design Week 2021.
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2022 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge Announces Preliminary Finalists
Oct 19, 2021
Seventeen products from 14 companies have been selected as preliminary finalists of the 2022 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge.
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Leveraging Remote Sensing Analysis to Inform the Solar Water Pump Market
Oct 15, 2021
This study aimed to further innovation in East Africa's solar water pump market by developing and testing the viability of a toolkit that leverages remote sensing to generate affordable business intelligence for the nascent solar water pump market.
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New Technical Note Outlines Remote Monitoring Solutions for Off-Grid Appliances
Sep 10, 2021
Efficiency for Access launched a field-testing initiative to evaluate the options for collecting data and validate the technical specifications of off-grid refrigerators, solar water pumps and solar-powered milking machines in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Senegal and India.
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Uganda's Off-Grid Appliance Market
Sep 03, 2021
In continuation of the Efficiency for Access country profile series, this report sheds light on the off- and weak-grid appliance market in Uganda.
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Press Release: A More Integrative Approach Needed to Realise Global Energy Access Goals
Aug 20, 2021
Energy-efficient off-grid appliances are on the rise and improving livelihoods in the process. However, cross-cutting barriers still exist in the off-grid solar sector and require a more integrative approach to address these challenges and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 7.
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Energy Saving Trust Opens Request for Proposals for Off-Grid Refrigeration Research
Jul 28, 2021
Energy Saving Trust launches a Request for Proposals for LEIA research on examining the fiscal environment for incentivising local assembly and manufacturing options for off-grid appliances in Africa and India.
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