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Glenergy brings solar lights and power to North America and to the developing world. We offer a 'solar lighting and charging business in a box' as a way to bring modern lighting to remote villages. We offer LED, CFL, and fluorescent lighting in 12 V, 110V, and 220V versions, and we provide solar panels, batteries, charge controllers and power conversion and distribution equipment. If it can be done with solar, we can do it!

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Recent News

• We sponsored, exhibited at and attended the Lighting Africa Conference and Trade Show that was held in Nairobi, Kenya May 18-20, 2010. This was an amazing conference, with 600 delegates working together to improve the light service available to rural Africans. Read more...

• We did not win the Lighting Rural Tanzania Competition. Jonathan Lyimo from our office attended the 4-day meeting in Arusha, and had the opportunity to present our products and entrepreneurial support business model to the other competitors, as well as to the judges. We were well received, and we will be supplying products to some of the winners.

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Featured Product

The KN series of battery powered LED lamps and LED lanterns are ideal for remote solar lighting projects. They can be centrally charged from from 220V AC or a 12V DC solar system. Or, they can be charged from a small 2- or 4-Watt solar panel. The KN3060 and KN3324 models have three brightness settings and can be hung on the wall or ceiling or can be placed on a shelf or table. The KN3324 has 24 LEDs and a 2 Amp hour sealed lead acid battery while the KN3060 has 60 LEDs for more light as well as a larger 4.5 Amp hour battery. The KN3024 is a very versatile 24-LED lantern, suitable for hanging or placing on a surface. Like the other models, it can be charged at a central station or with a dedicated solar panel.

Learn more about the KN series of LED lamps and lanterns.

Project News

A new business has been running in northern Tanzania since early September, following the travel to Tanzania of a volunteer from Minnesota. This volunteer contributed financially to the project, primarily through the provision of an inventory of lamps and an 80 Watt solar system She also provided training and support to help establish a Tanzanian woman (Mama Nai) in a new business. Mama Nai sells rechargeable LED lamps (Our KN Series) locally on a microcredit basis, and collects revenue from the lamp owners for charging the lamp batteries periodically. In addition to charging lamps, she charges cellphones for a fee too. The business is providing an income immediately for Mama Nai, and has delivered lights to 76 families already. This project is being conducted with training, mentoring, and other support from Project TEMBO, and operates in Longido, Tanzania.

Mama Nai is equipped with an inventory of KN Series lamps, and a solar system suitable for charging several lamps at once, and can charge mobile phones and other items. Equipment and installation was provided, along with ongoing technical support, by Glenergy Solutions Ltd. in Dar es Salaam.

Gifts of Light

Build or buy solar lights, give or lend them to people. Help start a solar lighting microbusiness.

There are many different solar lighting options available, not just from Glenergy but from a growing world market of manufacturers and distributors. If you would like to try your hand at making solar reading lamps, we offer the design of our Edulight lamp as a gift to you and the world, free to any who would like to undertake solar LED lamp building as a project (DIY or volunteer group) or especially as a business in a developing country. We have parts and kits available for sale too, and are well-versed in import, export and shipping processes. We encourage people to find ways to capitalize small businesses in developing countries with a working inventory of LED lamps from which they can develop income while providing lighting service to customers as the customers, over time, repay the cost of the solar lights. In some cases these will be battery-powered LED lamps with solar panels, while in other cases the lamps and/or the batteries will be brought to local battery-charging shops or the point of purchase for recharging.