D.light, Inc.
d.light, Inc. (also known as d.light design, Inc.) is a multinational social enterprise that provides solar-powered solutions for households without reliable access to electricity. Their stated mission is to provide “distributed solar energy solutions for households and small businesses that transform the way people all over the world use and pay for energy.”[1] d.light’s solar products include single-function lanterns, multi-function lamps and mobile phone chargers, and small home systems.[2]
The company has offices in San Francisco, USA; Nairobi, Kenya; New Delhi, India; and Shenzhen, China.[3]
Though d.light has a social mission, it is a for-profit corporation with private investors.[4] Their target customer base is the 1.2 billion people worldwide without access to grid electricity, who are part of the bottom of the pyramid, or the poorest households in the world.[5] d.light has impacted over 60 million lives so far, with a goal to 100 million by 2020.[6] The company has sold 250,000 complete solar home systems,[7] as well as 2 million portable off-grid solar units into Kenya.[8]
There are approximately 100 companies working in the off-grid solar industry today, including M-KOPA, Nuru Energy, Off-Grid Electric, BBOXX, and Greenlight Planet.[9][10][11][12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "About Us". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Solar Products". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "About Us". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Marci, Alboher (4 March 2009). "A Social Solution, Without Going the Nonprofit Route". New York Times. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ Plumer, Brad (29 May 2013). "Here's Why 1.2 Billion People Still Don't Have Access to Electricity". Washington Post.
- ↑ Bazley, Tarek (24 June 2016). "New wave of Silicon Valley start-ups give back to community". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ Fehrenbacher, Katie (21 September 2016). "This Startup Has Brought Off-Grid Solar to 65 Million People". Fortune. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ Shieber, Jonathan (21 September 2016). "Looking to leapfrog the power grid, d.light raises $22 million for solar in emerging markets". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ Hirtenstein, Anna (3 March 2016). "The future is green: almost 100 million homes may run only on solar by 2020". Bloomberg/Mail & Guardian Africa. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Farr, Christina (21 March 2014). "Off Grid Electric Gets $7M to 'light Africa in a decade". VentureBeat. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Hirtenstein, Anna (30 August 2016). "Engie, Green Climate Invest in Off-Grid Solar Developer". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Lulu, Chang (19 June 2016). "Greenlight Planet Wants to Bring Light to Millions with Its Solar-Powered Solutions". Digital Trends. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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