Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa
This knowledge note is the first of three case studies that concerns scaling up access to electricity in Africa, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. Lighting Africa, a joint IFC and World Bank program launched in 2007, was the first private-sector-oriented eff...
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okr-10986-186812021-06-14T10:22:30Z Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa Murphy, Daniel Sharma, Arsh ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO ENERGY ACCESS TO LIGHTING ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADVERTISING APPROACH BALANCE BASIC LIGHTING BIO-FUELS BLACK CARBON BOTTOM LINE BURNING COAL CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMMERCIAL MARKETS CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DONOR COMMUNITY DRY CELL BATTERIES ELECTRIFICATION EMERGING MARKET EMPLOYMENT END USERS ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DATA ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY INDUSTRIES ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED BRANDS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GREENHOUSE GASES GRID CONNECTIONS GRID ELECTRIFICATION HEAT HEAT GENERATION HIGH ENERGY PRICES INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INFERIOR PRODUCTS KEROSENE KEROSENE SUBSIDIES LIGHTING EQUIPMENT MARKET BARRIERS MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET RESEARCH MARKET TRANSFORMATION MARKETING MARKETPLACE METHANE OIL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PETROLEUM PIPELINE PORTFOLIO POWER POWER GENERATION PRODUCT QUALITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD RENEWABLE SOURCES RETAIL RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SALES SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOLAR LIGHT SOURCE OF ENERGY SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TARGET MARKETS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UTILITIES WHOLESALERS WIND WIND POWER WIND POWER CAPACITY WIND SITES WINDS WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK This knowledge note is the first of three case studies that concerns scaling up access to electricity in Africa, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. Lighting Africa, a joint IFC and World Bank program launched in 2007, was the first private-sector-oriented effort to leverage new LED lighting technologies to build sustainable markets that provide safe, affordable, and modern off-grid lighting to communities in Africa that lack access to electricity. By 2030 the program aims to enable the private sector to reach 250 million people who now depend on fuel-based lighting. The case study for Africa is important, because the continent faces a huge rural electricity deficit. Global electrification in 2010 was estimated to be about 83 percent. The deficit of 17 percent encompasses some 1.2 billion people. Achieving universal access to modern energy services is one of the three complementary objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative. Lighting Africa succeeded as a catalyst for the off-grid lighting market in Sub-Saharan Africa. Another success is apparent in the spectacular trajectory of solar lantern sales in Kenya. On the climate front, the program has avoided 274,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of taking 35,000 cars off the road. Important lessons were learned during the first phase of the program. Some interventions were very successful; others could have been done differently. Going forward, the Lighting Africa program will support the geographic expansion of ongoing activities to enable market-based solutions for affordable, modern off-grid lighting. The following challenges will be addressed: solar home systems, consumer awareness, and impact evaluation. 2014-06-17T16:21:18Z 2014-06-17T16:21:18Z 2014-06-13 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19670619/scaling-up-access-electricity-case-lighting-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18681 English en_US Live Wire, 2014/20 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO ENERGY ACCESS TO LIGHTING ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADVERTISING APPROACH BALANCE BASIC LIGHTING BIO-FUELS BLACK CARBON BOTTOM LINE BURNING COAL CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMMERCIAL MARKETS CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DONOR COMMUNITY DRY CELL BATTERIES ELECTRIFICATION EMERGING MARKET EMPLOYMENT END USERS ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DATA ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY INDUSTRIES ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED BRANDS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GREENHOUSE GASES GRID CONNECTIONS GRID ELECTRIFICATION HEAT HEAT GENERATION HIGH ENERGY PRICES INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INFERIOR PRODUCTS KEROSENE KEROSENE SUBSIDIES LIGHTING EQUIPMENT MARKET BARRIERS MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET RESEARCH MARKET TRANSFORMATION MARKETING MARKETPLACE METHANE OIL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PETROLEUM PIPELINE PORTFOLIO POWER POWER GENERATION PRODUCT QUALITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD RENEWABLE SOURCES RETAIL RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SALES SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOLAR LIGHT SOURCE OF ENERGY SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TARGET MARKETS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UTILITIES WHOLESALERS WIND WIND POWER WIND POWER CAPACITY WIND SITES WINDS WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO ENERGY ACCESS TO LIGHTING ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADVERTISING APPROACH BALANCE BASIC LIGHTING BIO-FUELS BLACK CARBON BOTTOM LINE BURNING COAL CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMMERCIAL MARKETS CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DONOR COMMUNITY DRY CELL BATTERIES ELECTRIFICATION EMERGING MARKET EMPLOYMENT END USERS ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DATA ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY INDUSTRIES ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED BRANDS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GREENHOUSE GASES GRID CONNECTIONS GRID ELECTRIFICATION HEAT HEAT GENERATION HIGH ENERGY PRICES INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INFERIOR PRODUCTS KEROSENE KEROSENE SUBSIDIES LIGHTING EQUIPMENT MARKET BARRIERS MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET RESEARCH MARKET TRANSFORMATION MARKETING MARKETPLACE METHANE OIL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PETROLEUM PIPELINE PORTFOLIO POWER POWER GENERATION PRODUCT QUALITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD RENEWABLE SOURCES RETAIL RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SALES SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOLAR LIGHT SOURCE OF ENERGY SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TARGET MARKETS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UTILITIES WHOLESALERS WIND WIND POWER WIND POWER CAPACITY WIND SITES WINDS WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK Murphy, Daniel Sharma, Arsh Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa |
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This knowledge note is the first of
three case studies that concerns scaling up access to
electricity in Africa, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. Lighting
Africa, a joint IFC and World Bank program launched in 2007,
was the first private-sector-oriented effort to leverage new
LED lighting technologies to build sustainable markets that
provide safe, affordable, and modern off-grid lighting to
communities in Africa that lack access to electricity. By
2030 the program aims to enable the private sector to reach
250 million people who now depend on fuel-based lighting.
The case study for Africa is important, because the
continent faces a huge rural electricity deficit. Global
electrification in 2010 was estimated to be about 83
percent. The deficit of 17 percent encompasses some 1.2
billion people. Achieving universal access to modern energy
services is one of the three complementary objectives of the
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative. Lighting
Africa succeeded as a catalyst for the off-grid lighting
market in Sub-Saharan Africa. Another success is apparent in
the spectacular trajectory of solar lantern sales in Kenya.
On the climate front, the program has avoided 274,000 tons
of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of taking 35,000
cars off the road. Important lessons were learned during the
first phase of the program. Some interventions were very
successful; others could have been done differently. Going
forward, the Lighting Africa program will support the
geographic expansion of ongoing activities to enable
market-based solutions for affordable, modern off-grid
lighting. The following challenges will be addressed: solar
home systems, consumer awareness, and impact evaluation. |
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Brief |
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Murphy, Daniel Sharma, Arsh |
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Murphy, Daniel Sharma, Arsh |
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Murphy, Daniel |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Lighting Africa |
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scaling up access to electricity : the case of lighting africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19670619/scaling-up-access-electricity-case-lighting-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18681 |
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