the Global Lighting and
Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP) initiative – a Clean Energy Ministerial initiative led by the U.S. Department
of Energy and in which the United Nations Foundation is a partner – recently conducted an online
survey to better understand the global market of off-grid clean energy
system-compatible appliances. The goal of the survey was to help market actors throughout the energy access
value chain make better informed decisions regarding off-grid appliances, from investment and policy
interventions, to manufacturing and procurement.
Between 18 December 2014 and 13 January
2015, a total of 239 energy access professionals, many of whom were Practitioner Network members, identified the top five household and healthcare appliances that they
think will inspire the greatest off-grid consumer demand over the next 3 to 5
years, and that they think are likely to drive the greatest energy access
(e.g., socioeconomic or environmental) benefits.
The survey shows that, for off-grid
household and small enterprise applications, LED room lighting appliances,
mobile phone charging banks, televisions, radios, refrigeration, fans, and
solar water pumps are the appliances with the highest likely demand, in that
order. For healthcare and clinical applications, refrigeration,
sterilizers/auto-claves, patient monitors, and portable ultrasound machines are
consistently ranked as the top four off-grid clinical appliances in terms of
anticipated demand and potential impacts.
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