Namene Solar Light Company: Replacing Kerosene lights and paraffin candles by solar lights in Namibia
Namene Solar Light Company: Replacing Kerosene lights and paraffin candles by solar lights in Namibia
To eradicate the use of high cost, dangerous and GHG emitting kerosene lamps and paraffin candles, Namene Solar Light Company aims to distribute Lighting Global certified pico-solar lights (the SM100) to households in Namibia. A significant market penetration of pico-solar lights will reduce the emitted mass of GHGs and climate forcing black carbon generated from fossil fuel-based sources of lighting used by a large amount of households in Namibia.
Climate financing secured from successful Gold Standard accreditation would be used to support the substitution of kerosene lamps and paraffin candles with pico-solar lights, the SM100. Critical to mass market adoption and penetration is breakthrough in affordability of pico-solar lights as a clean and safe substitute for kerosene lamps and candles.
The UN SDG impacts of this Project, spanning local rural community and national level, are significant, broad and far reaching.
"Poverty leads to a lack of light, this leads to a lack of homework, this to poor performance and this back to poverty."
This Project aims to break this vicious cycle.
Project Overview
Namene Solar Light Company: Replacing Kerosene lights and paraffin candles by solar lights in Namibia | |
Carbon Offsetting | |
Renewable Energy - Solar Lighting | |
Solar Thermal - Electricity | |
Namene Solar Lights Ltd. | |
GS7784 | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | |
Namibia |
Project Details
2022 | |
Gold Standard (VER) | |
Reduction | |
2022 | |
29985 | |
No | |
AMS-III.AR. Substituting fossil fuel based lighting with LED/CFL lighting systems |
Registry URL
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 1: No Poverty
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SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 13: Climate Action
Delivered Documents
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Project Design Document (PDD)
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Verification Report
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Emission/Project Report
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Monitoring Report