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- 28 October 2021
- Climate & Impact
Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report indicates need for further climate investment to achieve univ...

Close to 3.5 million households achieved energy access through off-grid solar between January and June 2021, but an additional 23 million people would have if the off-grid solar market ha...

- 7 September 2021
- Climate & Impact
GOGLA launches an ambitious Energy Compact to ‘Power 1 Billion Lives’ by 2030

The commitment will be presented at New York Climate Week within the UN High-Level Energy Dialogue, ensuring no one is left behind in the clean energy transition thanks to innovative off-...

- 7 May 2021
- Market trends & insights
Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report

Every six months, GOGLA and The World Bank Group's Lighting Global program publish the Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report, a market intelligence series on sales and impact of off-grid so...

- 15 April 2021
- Policy & regulation
Report Launch: Economic Impact Assessment of VAT and Import Duty on SAS Products

The assessment considered the impact on both energy access and more specifically tax revenues and economic gains for the country.

- 19 March 2021
- Policy & regulation
NREA TOOLKIT: A Guide for National Renewable Energy Associations

This toolkit has been developed to provide guidance to existing national renewable energy associations (NREAs) with a comprehensive and practical resource to help strengthen their efforts...
- 12 March 2021
- Investment
2020: Off-grid solar investment remains robust during COVID-19 pandemic

GOGLA’s Investment Database finds that the total investment into the off-grid solar sector in 2020 amounted to USD 316 million – four million higher than 2019 – and shows some significant...

- 10 December 2020
- Climate & Impact
Off-grid solar: a triple boost for climate action

Off-grid solar rapidly improves lives and provides a “triple boost” for climate action: eliminating polluting emissions, building resilience and ensuring that millions are not overlooked ...

- 6 November 2020
- Sustainable business
Beyond e-waste: A circular approach to reducing the footprint of the off-grid solar industry

GOGLA’s E-Waste Working Group is now the Circularity Working Group – a move that reflects the ambition and innovations of the off-grid solar industry to optimise circular processes to red...

- 9 October 2020
- Investment
Energy access sector essential to building back better

The two-day summit was organized by ARE and GOGLA with support from GET.invest and in partnership with AMDA, ESMAP, GDC, SEforALL and the Clean Cooking Alliance. Participants met in 600 o...
- 9 October 2020
- Investment
Committed investors keep the funds flowing for off-grid solar

GOGLA’s deals database reveals that, as of August 31, 2020, US$200 million of commitments have been tracked for the year. The forecast for the year end is $275m, just shy of the 2019 haul.

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