"Hi Evan,
The $10b is derived from expenditure incurred by all kerosene users, not just those who've switched from kerosene to solar .... need to correct our statement in the story
Catherine"
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Catherine Mgendi commented on Catherine Mgendi's blog post Solar Lighting Products Improve Energy Access for 28.5 Million People in Africa
Evan Mills commented on Catherine Mgendi's blog post Solar Lighting Products Improve Energy Access for 28.5 Million People in Africa"Thanks. I must be reading it wrong, because when I divide $10 billion savings by 5.7 million lights I get $1750 savings per light, which is of course ~100x more than it costs to run one light."
Catherine Mgendi posted a discussionCatherine Mgendi commented on Catherine Mgendi's blog post Solar Lighting Products Improve Energy Access for 28.5 Million People in Africa"Hi Evan,
We are using two metrics for reporting; the current one which multiplies units of poducts sold with 5pax per household and the upcoming SE4All energy access reporting framework. See our Results Fact Sheets for what that looks like
As…"
Evan Mills commented on Catherine Mgendi's blog post Solar Lighting Products Improve Energy Access for 28.5 Million People in Africa"Huge increase from earlier numbers.
Congrats!
$10 billion seems too high, although $10 million (versus billion) that seems too low for the underlying 5.7 million lights."
Catherine Mgendi's blog post was featuredCatherine Mgendi posted a blog postEvan Mills left a comment for Catherine Mgendi"Can you tell us more about our profile photo (which appears to show LED lantern in a poultry production setting)? You're probably aware of earlier work we did (with LA's involvement as well, here)."
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- At 12:33am on September 3, 2014, Evan Mills said…
Can you tell us more about our profile photo (which appears to show LED lantern in a poultry production setting)? You're probably aware of earlier work we did (with LA's involvement as well, here).
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