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

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Institute for Transformative Technologies Looks to Spur Rural Renewable Electrification
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Modular, scalable and cost-effective, ITT believes its "Utility-in-a-Box" is a sustainable rural solar energy solution that can bring safe, reliable and ...

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Facebook, Microsoft Join in Launch of Sustainable Microgrid Investment Accelerator
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Facebook and Microsoft are joining the growing ranks of leading high-tech industry players aiming to expand sustainable energy access and renewable energy ...

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Competition Heats Up in Kenya’s Off-Grid, Mobile Pay-Go Solar Market
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An average 800 Kenyan households per day are signing up for d.light's new D30 off-grid solar home system.

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VizN to Build Solar-Flow Battery Microgrid at Luxury Nicaraguan Residential Resort
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The 200kW/800kWh zinc-iron flow battery will be linked with an 800kWp PV solar array to provide multiple energy services at the Ranco Santana luxury ...

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20-Plus Million Bangladeshis Now Have Access to Clean, Affordable Home Solar
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Driven primarily by rapid deployment of small-scale, off-grid home solar PV-energy storage systems, access to electricity in Bangladesh has risen from 47% to ...

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Episcopalian, Methodist Churches Plow $60MM into Developing World Off-Grid Solar
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The Church Pension Fund and Wespath Benefits and Investments have invested $60 million ($30 million each) in Developing World Markets’ (DWM) landmark $60.8 ...

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MTN, Lumos Global Expect to Empower 1 Million Nigerians with Launch of Mobile Electricity Service
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The advent of off-grid, mobile pay-go household solar energy systems is producing amazing results in a growing range of Sub-Saharan nations. The MTN-Lumos ...

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Haiti Solar Micro-Utility Amps Up, 20x Expansion in Customer Base on Tap
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The first to be awarded funding from ElectriFi, pioneering renewable energy micro-utiliy Sigora International aims to expand the customer base of its pilot, ...

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Ugandan Off-Grid Solar, Low-Cost Internet Access Poised for a Growth Spurt
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Uganda's national off-grid solar and renewable power iniative brightens prospects for the economy, society and the environment. Entrepreneurial African solar ...

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Uganda Mobile Pay-Go Solar Provider Doubles Customer Base to 100,000 in 12 Months
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Fenix International's ReadyPay line of high-efficiency, off-grid mobile pay-go solar products are proving very popular with Ugandans. The socioeconomic and ...

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D.light Raises Another $10.5MM as Kenya Launches $150MM Mobile Pay-Go Solar Plan
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A mix of equity and grant funding, the capital infusion brings the total amount d.light has raised over the past four months to more than $40 million, ...