Greenlight Planet, one of the world’s leading off-grid solar providers, this week announced that it has successfully raised $60 million in new funding led by London-based private equity fund manager Apis Partners.
The solar energy technologies firm Greenlight Planet recently revealed a new rechargeable lamp + solar panel that provides both lighting and mobile charging to off-grid users, the company’s most affordable such offering to date.
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Greenlight Planet was one of the finalists in the 2016 Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) awards competition, which essentially makes it a global winner in my book. The discussions among the ZFEP jury as far as which small or medium-sized business deserved to win the SME … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. (Note: the videos are HD, so if you don’t have a fast internet connection, you may need to let them load for a second to focus.) As I’ve stated several times before, the Zayed Future Energy Prize is like the Academy Awards of cleantech. Each year, a large … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The field of solar-powered lighting fixtures just got more interesting — following the launch of the $8 (retail price) Sun King Pico light by Greenlight Planet Inc. When you consider that the kerosene lamps commonly used in many over the poorer parts of the world actually … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Greenlight Planet, one of the finalists in the 2016 Zayed Future Energy Prize competition, is a leading SME making solar-powered lamps and mobile phone chargers. It was launched by one University of Illinois student in 2005, Patrick Walsh. He studied engineering, physics, and economics there and earned … [continued]
29 submissions have been chosen as finalists in the 2016 Zayed Future Energy Prize, the eighth annual award ceremony that seeks to recognize and reward individuals, businesses, and high schools that are working toward innovative solutions for a sustainable energy future. Each year, the Zayed Future Energy Prize awards a … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Power for All is a global campaign dedicated to promoting the fastest, most cost-effective, and most sustainable approach to universal energy access. It was first introduced at the United Nation’s Sustainable Energy For All forum in New York on May 21, 2015, reports TreeHugger. ”We shouldn’t have to … [continued]
Numbers collated by senior editor at Greentech Media, Stephen Lacey, show that $42 million has been invested into off-grid solar companies currently working in developing countries already this year. Which, for context, equates to roughly two-thirds of all off-grid investments made throughout 2014. Greentech Media reported towards the end of … [continued]
