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PEG Africa raises $1.5 million from leading debt investors to support distribution of solar home systems in Ghana
PEG Africa (PEG) has announced a $1.5M USD debt raise to fund the purchase of solar home systems that will reach 75,000 people in Ghana. The funding was raised from leading energy access debt providers, and follows a $7.5 million equity round in June 2016.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, solar
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Solar Lighting Company D.light Raises $7.5 Million and Reveals Plans for a Solar-Powered TV
D.light, a for-profit social enterprise that manufactures and distributes solar-powered products aimed at “off-grid” communities, has raised $7.5 million in a debt financing round from investment management company Developing World Markets.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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A Water-Chilled Coolbox Gets Vaccines on Tap to the World’s Poorest
It was a walk past a frozen lake 10 years ago that got Ian Tansley thinking differently about global health. The Welsh inventor had spent decades travelling and developing solar technologies throughout Africa and Asia. Yet one puzzle he was keen to crack – how to deliver vaccines on a wide-scale basis to the poorest, most remote communities – had so far eluded him.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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Neeri’s Stove Reduces Smoke, Promises Better Rural Health
With World Health Organisation (WHO) identifying indoor pollution being significantly responsible for the declining rural health and high mortality rate in India, National Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) has developed ‘Neerdhur’, a novel multi-fuel domestic cooking stove.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Yingli Europe and SolarAid Launch the World’s Most Affordable Solar Light
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Solar" or "Yingli"), one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Europe GmbH (Yingli Europe) has partnered with SolarAid, a leading international charity that combats poverty and climate change, to launch the world's most affordable quality solar light, the SM100.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Looking To Leapfrog the Power Grid, d.light Raises $22 Million for Solar in Emerging Markets
The development of mobile payment platforms, increasing options for providing debt, and cheaper and better off-grid solar power systems are presenting countries around the world with a chance to leapfrog the archaic electricity infrastructure that defined the twentieth century.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Australian Social Enterprise Lights Up India’s Slums
Pollinate Energy was founded by six young Australians in 2012, following a blackout in India that left more than 600 million people without power.
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- Energy, Technology
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- South Asia
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Rockefeller backs Africa push by Mainstream
The family foundation of the wealthy Rockefeller dynasty has emerged as a backer of an energy project in Africa that's being spearheaded by Eddie O'Connor's Mainstream Renewable Power firm.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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