The Off-Grid Lighting Market in Western Kenya

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T HE L UMINA P ROJECT http://light.lbl.gov

Technical Report #2 The Off-Grid Lighting Market in Western Kenya: LED Alternatives and Consumer Preferences in a Millennium Development Village Evan Mills (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Arne Jacobson (Humboldt State University)

November 21, 2007

Acknowledgments: This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098 with support from the Global Roundtable on Climate Change through the Earth Institute at Columbia University and The Rosenfeld Fund of the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley. Generous support from Jeffrey Sachs, David Downie, Art Rosenfeld, and George Scharfenberger made this work possible. For invaluable assistance and hospitality in Kisumu and the Sauri sub-location we thank Patrick Mutuo, Peter Koinei, Eliud Lelerai, Patrick Ogaya Okeyo, David Rotich, Ashraf Mitha, Cornel Rakwaro, Mehindi Dahya, Gabriel Oduong, Daniel Sijenyi Buyu, Jarred Oule, Alfred Ajuala, James Juma, Joseph Lanyo, Monica Oketch, Millicent, and Josephine Achleng Jeje. We also thank Maina Mumbi of Off-Grid Solar for his expert contributions. Note: Consumer assessments of lighting products by focus group participants reported in this document should not be construed as product endorsements by the authors. The information available to the focus group participants was based largely on rated new product attributes and performance, which can differ significantly from values achieved during actual use and over time. Outcomes can also vary as a function of social and economic conditions. The products market tested were versions available as of May 2007. Field Photographs: http://web.mac.com/emills4/iWeb/Millennium-Lighting/Millennium-Lighting-Project.html


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