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2019 Global LEAP Awards Buyer’s Guide for Solar Water Pumps

The Global LEAP Awards Buyer’s Guide is a catalog of the world’s best off-grid appliances. This edition contains information about solar water pumps that were named Winners and Finalists in the 2019 Global LEAP Awards.

Solar Water Pump Outlook 2019: Global Trends and Market Opportunities

This report offers insights on the solar water pump market in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia like never before. Analysis underscores a growing business case for promotion and adoption—with an addressable market estimated at USD 15.6 billion—and identifies solutions to barriers preventing market scale.

Promoting High-Performing Off-Grid Appliances

In its first ever policy brief, Efficiency for Access explores how test methods, quality standards, and labeling might be used to promote energy efficiency and quality in off- and weak-grid appropriate appliances as the market evolves.

Solar Water Pump Technology Roadmap

Between May 2018 and May 2019, CLASP convened a technical working group to construct an industry roadmap for solar water pumps. This document identifies a series of technology improvements for remote monitoring systems and brushless DC motors that, if adopted, could improve pump efficiency and performance.

Use and Benefits of Solar Water Pumps

Between 2016 and 2018, Efficiency for Access partnered with 60 Decibels to survey 375 solar water pump customers in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania about their experiences. This analysis provides valuable insights into customer purchasing decisions and use cases.

State of Play and Innovations in Off-Grid Refrigeration Technology: Lessons Learned from Current Initiatives

The paper explores the role of innovation cash prizes in catalyzing technology innovation and market expansion of off-grid refrigeration, analyzing them through the lens of the Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP) Off-Grid Refrigerator Competition. Key findings underscore the need for more data and field testing to better understand how refrigerators can maximize energy performance and meet customer expectations.

Tanzania Market Snapshot: Horticulture Value Chains and Potential for Solar Water Pump Technology

In 2018, Efficiency for Access collaborated with Simusolar on a major research effort to size and characterize the market potential for modern irrigation in the Tanzanian horticulture sector. This report addresses important market and consumer information gaps for solar water pump manufacturers and distributors in Tanzania and beyond.

Learning Paper: The Challenges of Testing Off-Grid Refrigerators

This paper summarises some of the challenges faced during the field testing phase of the Global LEAP Off-Grid Refrigerator Competition, and how the team worked around them, ensuring the competition remained fair and relevant.

Off-Grid Appliance Market Survey 2018

The 2018 Off-Grid Appliance Market Survey report examines the perceived demand and impact potential of household, productive use and healthcare technologies.

Appliance Data Trends 2018

Efficiency for Access' 2018 Data Trends Report examines market trends of off-grid appropriate TVs, fans, and refrigerators – the appliances most in demand by un- and under-electrified consumers.

Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge Terms and Conditions

Off- & Weak-Grid Refrigeration: Global Market Development Roundtable Workshop Report June 2018

On 28-29 May 2018, the Efficiency for Access Coalition hosted a “Global Market Development Roundtable” in Amsterdam to discuss opportunities to advance markets for off- and weak-grid refrigeration. This setting provided an opportunity to engage a variety industry leaders including product designers, manufacturers of both on- and off-grid appliances, distributors, PAYGO solar home system providers, and other development and technology specialists.

Solar Water Pumping: Global Market Development Roundtable Workshop Report May 2018

This document reports on a two-day global market development roundtable workshop that encouraged cross-collaboration among product designers and distributors, technology specialists, agriculture sector experts, and other key stakeholders to uncover and identify the many challenges and opportunities facing the solar water pump (SWP) market today.

Market Baseline Performance Testing for Off-Grid & Weak-Grid Refrigerators

Negligible data currently exists regarding off- and weak-grid refrigerator cost and performance. To help fill this gap and accelerate this market – with support from UK DFID’s Ideas to Impact Initiative – CLASP procured and tested commercially available refrigerators in 2016 to establish a performance baseline.

Global LEAP 2017 Off-Grid Appliance Market Survey

In late 2016, Global LEAP conducted a survey of energy access professionals to assess the expected demand for and impact of off-grid, solar-powered appliances, including household, small-medium enterprise (SME), and clinical applications with the goal of helping market actors make better-informed decisions about off-grid appliances.

Accelerating the Global Adoption of Energy Efficient Refrigerators

2016-17 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Refrigerator Overview

2016-17 Global LEAP Award Off-Grid Refrigerator Competition Fact Sheet