Over the past month, CLASP and our partners have furthered several initiatives aimed at accelerating efforts and mitigating the risks of solar e-waste management across sub-Saharan Africa. With the ra

In September, CLASP kicked off new activities with Brazil’s National Electrical Energy Conservation Program (PROCEL) that will support decision makers in revising or expanding the energy performance l

Sustainable management of solar e-waste is an emerging priority for the off-grid solar sector. An estimated 26.2 million solar lanterns and solar home systems have already reached their end-of-life in

We are excited to announce the results of the 2019 Global LEAP Awards Solar Water Pump and Off-Grid Refrigerator Competitions. The 2019 Awards identified the world’s best and most innovative refrigera

On October 1st, the European Commission adopted new regulations that are expected to dramatically reduce European electricity consumption by 167 TWh per year by 2030, or 5% of the region’s total resid

CLASP continues to grow, and recently added three new staff members in the Washington, DC office to expand its capabilities and scale around energy efficiency policy and analysis. One new associate mo

On September 19, 2019, the Alliance to Save Energy awarded the Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service to Dr. Stephen Wiel, Board President and Co-Founder of CLASP. This year the award recognized “P

Kenya, the largest and most advanced economy in East Africa, is facing rising concerns over climate change. The government has announced the Big Four Agenda, as part of Kenya Vision 2030, an ambitious

On 4 September 2019, India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) launched a residential energy use dashboard called National Energy End-use Monitoring (NEEM). Shri Abhay Bakre, Director General, BEE, in

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