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External Company Press Release
Namene Solar announced their latest carbon offsetting project in Namibia, certified by Gold Standard. It s the first project in Namibia to receive the certification. It will see climate finance subsidise the sale of the company s award-winning solar lights to rural homes and informal settlements across the country.
Currently just over 3% of Namibia s population use solar to light their homes. Many people living off-grid in rural and peri-urban areas rely on paraffin candles and kerosene lamps for lighting. This is costly and harmful to health as well as contributing large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. They are also a leading cause of fires, which are a major issue in Namibia s informal settlements. For further information see the IDTechEx report on Energy Harvesting Microwatt to Gigawatt: Opportunities 2020-2040.
The project is the first in the African country to be certified by Gold Standard.
Just over 3% of Namibia’s population use solar to light their homes, with most people living off-grid in rural and peri-urban areas relying on paraffin candles and kerosene lamps for lighting.
Burning these fuels is costly, presents fire risk, is harmful to health and also generates CO2 emissions.
Namene Solar’s project uses climate finance to replace fossil fuel-based lighting with renewable solar lights that provide clean, safe light at a truly affordable price, for the first time.
Namene Solar managing director Patrick Lagrange said: “We’re delighted to receive this certification and now look to rapidly scale the deployment of our lights nationwide across Namibia.