Rural lighting
Practical Action
Equipment suppliers
Sollatek UK Limited
Unit 4/5 Trident Industrial Estate
Blackthorne Road
Slough SL3 0AX
Tel: +44 1753 688300
E-mail: sales@sollatek.com
Website: http://www.glowstar.net/
Supplier of the Glowstar lantern and other
equipment.
NEST - Noble Energy Solar Technologies Ltd.
A-9, Aero View Towers, Shamlal Buildings
Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016
India
Tel: +91-040 - 2776 2559
Fax: +91-040 - 2776 7062
E-mail: dtbarki@usa.net / info@solarnest.net
Website: http://www.solarnest.net/
Manufacture and sell solar lanterns and other
solar equipment.
The Freeplay Foundation
56 - 58 Conduit Street
London W1S 2YZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 0207 8512616
Fax: +44 20 7851 2675
E-mail: contact@freeplayfoundation.org.
Website: http://www.freeplayfoundation.org/
Wind-up WLED Lantern using Freeplay
technology. Freeplay also produce a foot
powered generator.
d.light
Kong Kong
Tel: +852 3106 6300
E-mail: dlight-hq@dlightdesign.com
Website:
http://dlightdesign.com/home_global.php
A range of lamps and lighting systems using
WLEDS and aimed at promoting clean energy
lighting to rural communities.
This Technical Brief was last updated by Practical Action in October 2010.
Practical Action
The Schumacher Centre
Bourton-on-Dunsmore
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9QZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1926 634400
Fax: +44 (0)1926 634401
E-mail: inforserv@practicalaction.org.uk
Website: http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/
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