CLASP Embraces China’s Newest Push Toward Circular Economy

China’s new circular economy policy complements the strong push for high-efficiency appliances and modernizes e-waste management.

24 May 2023

Renewable Energy Systems

Press Release: Productive Use Appliance Financing Facility Opens First Public Auction Window

CLASP & Nithio's Productive Use Appliance Financing Facility launches its first public auction window for procurement subsidies available to PUA companies and distributors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.

12 Apr 2023

Renewable Energy Systems

Press Release: CLASP & Nithio Launch Financing Facility for Productive Use Appliances

Access to productive use appliances can deliver significant economic, health, education, and quality of life benefits for an estimated 60 million households worldwide and put under-electrified parts of the world on a low carbon pathway to electrification.

19 Oct 2022

Renewable Energy Systems

Supporting Circular Economy for Renewable Energy Projects

CLASP supports USAID in the development of country-specific circular economy plans to ensure the demand for renewable energy sources does not negatively impact the environment.

24 Aug 2022

Amplifying Circular Economy in Our Appliance Work

To holistically address the impact of appliances on human health and the planet, CLASP is intensifying our circular economy work.

14 Jul 2022

Lighting

Find CLASP at the International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL)

From 1-3 June, team members from our Washington D.C., Nairobi, Europe and New Delhi offices will present at the International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL) in Toulouse, France.

19 May 2022

Lighting

How Will Your Country Benefit From Banning Fluorescents?

CLASP recently updated Mepsy with the ‘African Lighting Amendment Scenario,’ demonstrating the national-level cost and energy savings if the world ends the manufacture, export and import of fluorescents by 2025. The scenario aligns with the proposed lighting amendment submitted by the African Region to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

16 Feb 2022

Lighting

Ending Toxic Lighting Together – CLASP Coordinates the Clean Lighting Coalition

CLASP is proud to announce that we are coordinating the Clean Lighting Coalition (CLiC), a global partnership to capture the health and environmental benefits of eliminating mercury-based lighting under the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

12 May 2021

Motors

Efficient Permanent Magnet Motors Can Change the Way We Deliver Energy Access

A new report from Efficiency for Access offers the first comprehensive analysis of efficient motor applications in off-grid and weak grid appliance markets.

04 Mar 2021

Global LEAP Awards Innovators: Insights from the Solar E-Waste Challenge 

The Global LEAP Awards Solar E-Waste Challenge is a program to support innovations in off-grid solar e-waste management in sub-Saharan Africa. For more information on the Challenge, see Background below.

28 Sep 2020

USAID Announces Winners of the Second Solar E-Waste Challenge

24 Feb 2020

The Second Global LEAP Awards Solar E-Waste Challenge Nomination Summary

27 Jan 2020

04 Nov 2019

Electronics

European Commission Adopts Sweeping “EcoDesign” Policy Package

07 Oct 2019

Renewable Energy Systems

CLASP Announces the Winners of the 2019 Global LEAP Awards Solar E-Waste Challenge

On July 16-18, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA) hosted a solar e-waste festival in Nairobi, Kenya. CLASP joined our partners and industry experts to create new ideas, partnerships and projects to address the growing solar e-waste challenge in sub-Saharan Africa.

08 Aug 2019

Batteries & Storage

Global LEAP Awards Solar E-Waste Challenge Nomination Results by the Numbers

The Global LEAP Awards Solar E-Waste Challenge recently closed after a two-month nomination period for innovations in solar e-waste management.

05 Jun 2019

Cooking

Efficiency for Access Hosts Technical Roundtable at the Modern Energy Cooking Services Launch in East Africa

On 14 May, the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme held a launch event at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. The launch brought together key regional stakeholders to discuss potential opportunities to partner with the MECS program in East Africa.

05 Jun 2019

$1 Million Sub-Saharan Africa Solar E-Waste Innovation Program Launched

19 Mar 2019