The Voice of the Off-Grid Solar Energy Industry

The off- and weak-grid appliance sector can play a key role in the pandemic response, foster communities’ resilience, and work towards building back better. We highlight three companies whose affordable and high-performing appliances are helping communities survive during COVID-19. 

This series, developed by the Efficiency for Access Coalition, explores the implications of the pandemic on off-grid communities in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and how solar technologies can support emergency response and bolster resiliency to a global shock like the virus.

The off-grid solar sector faces a difficult task in finding a balance between business survival and consumer relief in the response to and recovery from COVID-19. But putting consumer protection at the heart of operations could benefit both companies and consumers simultaneously.