Energy Access through Efficient Appliances

A global coalition to accelerate clean energy access through affordable, high-performing, and inclusive appliances

Publications

2025 Buyer’s Guide for Induction Cooktops

2025 Buyer’s Guide for Induction Cooktops

The Global LEAP Awards Buyer’s Guide showcases best-in-class appliances for energy-constrained settings. This edition features the winners and finalists of the 2024–2025 Induction Cooktops Competition.

Carbon Credit Financing for Productive Use Appliance Markets

Carbon Credit Financing for Productive Use Appliance Markets

This report outlines a strategic approach for improving carbon credit financing in Africa's productive use appliance sector, specifically for solar-powered irrigation, cooling, and milling technologies.

Innovating Together: One Team’s Journey Through the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge

Innovating Together: One Team’s Journey Through the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge

As we look ahead to this year’s Efficiency for Access Design Challenge Grand Final, we caught up with one of the teams participating to talk about collaboration, the details of their design, and how the experience has shaped their interest in a career in clean energy access.

Our Programmes


Low Energy Inclusive Appliances

Low Energy Inclusive Appliances

The Low-Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) programme is Efficiency for Access’ flagship initiative. It is an innovative research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) programme. It seeks to improve the efficiency, performance, availability, and affordability of a range of household, community, and productive use electrical appliances and solar-powered technologies.

Efficiency for Access Design Challenge

Efficiency for Access Design Challenge

The Efficiency for Access Design Challenge is a global, multi-disciplinary competition that empowers teams of university students to help accelerate clean energy access.

Global LEAP Awards

Global LEAP Awards

An international competition that identifies and promotes the world's best, most energy-efficient appliances and equipment intended for use in energy-constrained settings.

VeraSol

VeraSol

VeraSol is an evolved quality assurance programme designed to meet the growing needs of the off-grid solar energy market. Launched in 2020, VeraSol builds upon the strong foundation for quality assurance laid by Lighting Global Quality Assurance and Equip Data.

Impact

Coalition Members

20 Coalition Members

Our donor members leverage co-funding and guide programmatic activities on solar appliances

Programme Partners

19 Programme Partners

Partnerships support and extend the Coalition's reach across the energy access sector.

Technologies

34 Technologies

We focus on technologies with the highest potential for increased affordability and delivery of modern energy services.

Countries

62 Countries

Coalition members and partners support a global network of high-impact programmes