Talk:Solar Electric Light Fund

Edit Request

Hello. I’m the Communications Manager at the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF). I noticed some things on this page that are incorrect or outdated. Would someone be willing to make updates? We respect Wikipedia’s neutrality and do not wish to overstep by editing ourselves. Here are a few initial things I noticed:

The logo is out of date. Here is SELF’s current logo: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AugQ_cbttUqZhEmjoB-H6QAy3jzV?e=47CIds

Since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were retired in 2015 and replaced with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it would be good to swap out the reference to the MDGs with the SDGs in the Methodology section.

The history section links to a Neville Williams who is different than the Neville Williams who founded SELF. The founder of SELF does not have his own Wikipedia page, so this name can simply be unlinked to avoid confusion.

The “our” in the first paragraph should be replaced with “its,” and “forexample” should be replaced with “for example.”

Thank you very much for your consideration of these changes. Georgialawson (talk) 19:49, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

I made all your changes as requested. BruceThomson (talk) 05:58, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for making those edits, BruceThomson! Regarding the flag at the top, what would you recommend to improve the neutrality of this article? I’m hesitant to do anything myself because I have a conflict of interest as a SELF employee, but I can see how some terms in here like “innovative” and “groundbreaking” could be seen as biased. These terms could be removed while keeping the facts intact. In any event, I’ll leave it to you to determine what should be done. Please let me know if I can be helpful in the process. Georgialawson (talk) 17:58, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

OK, I’ll take a look at it. BruceThomson (talk) 13:19, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

The first thing that needs to be done is check whether there are additional independent sources for the article. Looking at the sources you have now it's not clear that SELF meets the notability requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia. In recent years the rules are beginning to be enforced and articles on non-notable topics are being deleted. To avoid trouble, it's best to have sources establishing notability early in the article. See Wikipedia:Notability. Also, it is not good to have the entire article based on self-published sources (the founder's book, SELF's web page, etc.) See WP:BESTSOURCES. To solve the problem mentioned in the tag considerable work is probably needed. It's possible to request help with this at WP:CLEANUP, but this needs to wait until the notability issue is worked out, because the cleanup team might well decide that the article should be deleted. If you find some good sources let me know and I'll look at this again. BruceThomson (talk) 01:14, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi BruceThomson. Thank you for this feedback! We’re putting together a comprehensive list of third-party references, including The New York Times, National Geographic, MSNBC, Harvard Business Journal, Foreign Affairs, The Futurist, The Daily Mail, and Voice of America. We need a little more time, as I am out of the office next week, but we’ll follow up shortly after I return on April 17th with more information and some links posted here on the Talk page. Georgialawson (talk) 18:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

It sounds like you are finding lots of great sources and I look forward to seeing them. BruceThomson (talk) 05:31, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your patience, BruceThomson. Below you’ll find the sources I mentioned in my previous note plus a few other notable items, followed by a more comprehensive list of links in reverse chronological order. I’m hoping this will fulfill the notability requirement and be helpful to the cleanup efforts. Also included here are SELF mentions in several books by well-known authors (Freeman Dyson, Thomas Friedman), a Stanford University study, links to talks by SELF’s Executive Director (TEDx and PopTech), and a documentary highlighting SELF’s work (Switch On).

We know there’s a lot here, and we hope it’s not too much. But not knowing if that’s the case, we thought we’d err on the side of caution and provide a more substantial list. I’ve written a brief description under each item to give a general idea of the link’s contents so that you can decide what’s worth diving into. If you need more supporting materials, please let me know. Thank you so much for your consideration and your help!

NOTABLE SOURCES:

United Nations Foundation (2017): UN Foundation Kicks Off Project to Power Primary Health Facilities in Ghana and Uganda

• This announcement from the United Nations Foundation provides information on SELF’s work installing solar electric systems in 62 health facilities across Ghana and Uganda with the goal of improving healthcare, especially for women and children.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (2016): Self's Solar Market Gardens | Benin

• This article offers a deep dive into the Solar Market Garden (SMG) program in Benin, for which SELF won the UNFCCC’s Momentum for Change Lighthouse Award at COP21 in Paris.

Daily Mail (2016): West African women who nobody respected become heroes thanks to a solar farming project that helps them feed and educate their starving children

• This is additional coverage of the SMG program in Benin.

National Geographic (2015): My Lightbulb Moment: Using Solar Energy to Feed a Village

• SELF Executive Director narrated this video for National Geographic about how he became inspired to work on energy poverty issues and the ripple effects of SELF’s SMG work in Benin.

United Nations (2015): Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)

• SELF was selected as a finalist for the United Nations “Powering the Future We Want” award for its SMG work in Benin.

MSBNC (2012): Up with Chris Hayes

• SELF’s Executive Director joined Chris Hayes and other guests in a conversation about renewable energy. Freling spoke about SELF’s mission, financing for solar systems, SELF’s work electrifying clinics with Partners In Health, and the SMG program in Benin. This is also on the MSNBC site, but the video appears to have issues loading, so I’ve included the Dropbox link above.

National Geographic (2011): Nigeria’s Solar Projects Yield Both Failure and Success

• This article investigates Nigeria’s failed solar projects and juxtaposes those projects against a successful SELF project in northern Nigeria, which can be attributed to differences in planning and maintenance.

National Geographic (2011): Great Energy Challenge Innovator: Solar Electric Light Fund

• SELF is highlighted as a National Geographic Great Energy Challenge Innovator for its SMG program.

United Nations (2011): Emerging Issues, Trends, and New Approaches to Issues Affecting the Situation of Women or Equality Between Men and Women

• SELF’s Executive Director spoke on at the 55th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women about the intersection of solar energy and women’s empowerment.

Vu du Ciel (2011): Clip from “The End of Oil”

• This French television program featured SELF in an episode titled “The End of Oil,” highlighting projects in Benin and South Africa.

Stanford University (2010): An alternative development model? Assessing solar electrification for income generation in rural Benin

• This article covers the study done by Stanford University on SELF’s SMG work, noting the program’s improvements to year-round crop production. The full study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is linked here and within the article.

Harvard Business Review (2010): The $300 House: The Energy Challenge

• SELF’s Executive Director penned this article as part of a series on scalable housing solutions for people living in poverty. This piece focuses on different approaches to the energy component.

Voice of America (2009): Benin Project Finds Solar Energy May Ease Hunger During Dry Seasons

• This coverage highlights the SMG program in Benin, and the importance of taking a long-term view to the cost of solar.

Huffington Post (2008): Just One Frickin' Day Is All It Takes: Fashion Gives Back

• Model Elettra Wiedemann launched an initiative to benefit SELF, in which people would donate one day’s worth of salary to electrify a rural health facility in Burundi. This initiative was also mentioned in Vogue.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America (2008): Energy Poverty chapter

• SELF was included in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman’s book. In chapter 7, Friedman notes that he first heard the term “energy poverty” from SELF’s Executive Director. Freling is quoted talking about the impacts of energy poverty. Friedman includes information on SELF’s work in South Africa. See highlighted paragraphs.

Voice of America (2003): DEVELOPMENT REPORT – June 23, 2003: Solar Electric Light Fund - 2003-06-22

• This piece profiles SELF and its mission more generally, and notes its work in South Africa, the Solomon Islands, and Brazil.

Foreign Affairs (2001): The Great Disruption

• SELF is mentioned on page 93 for its work financing solar home systems.

The New York Times (2001): Solar Power Is Reaching Where Wires Can't

• This article covers SELF’s work bringing solar energy and computers to Myeka High School in South Africa, with graduation rates going from 30% before to 70% after installation.

The Futurist (1998): The Technology of Hope

• This article includes information on SELF’s home solar systems and revolving loan funds (page 47), a project providing solar-powered communications for the Masai people (page 49), and details on early models and partnerships (page 50). SELF was also mentioned in another edition of The Futurist (linked here; begins on the right side of page 30).

ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

Off-Grid Clean Energy Facility (2021): Water for the 29,000 inhabitants of Kalalé

• This announcement is from the local Benin counterpart of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US government agency that co-funded a recent clean water initiative with SELF. The webpage offers some basic information on the 24 solar water pumping systems.

University of Leeds – Trickle Out Project (2021): Solar Electric Light Fund

• This link provides general information on SELF and specific information on its work electrifying health facilities in Rwanda in partnership with Partners In Health.

Global Citizen (2020): 8 Barriers to Good Health That People Living in Poverty Face

• This article addresses various barriers people living in poverty face in pursuit of good health. SELF’s Executive Director was quoted on how rural health clinics are limited in the care they can provide due to lack of electricity access.

Global Citizen (2020): Solar Energy Is Key in the Fight to End Extreme Poverty

• This is a general interview with SELF's Executive Director, which touches on the issue of energy poverty, SELF’s mission, and several projects across Ghana, Uganda, Benin, and Haiti.

Switch On (2020): Link to documentary

• SELF was featured throughout this documentary for its work bringing solar power to Indigenous communities in Colombia.

Sonnenallee (2020): Fighting Poverty with Solar Power

• This article includes a quick mention of SELF’s work fighting global energy poverty for various end uses and highlights its focus on long term outcomes and self-sustaining projects.

Home Power (2018): Solar Electric Light Fund

• SELF was profiled in this magazine, with information on its history, extensive information on its work in Colombia, and bullet points on various other SELF projects.

IEEE (2017): Energy harvesting controls for solar direct-drive medical cold chain equipment

• This paper reports on results from laboratory testing of the Energy Harvester Control technology that SELF helped develop to utilize excess power generation from solar direct-drive vaccine refrigerators and freezers. You’ll need a login to read it, but the abstract provides an overview and if you hover over/click Steve McCarney’s name, you can see his affiliation with SELF.

The Marketing Journal (2017): “The Non-Profit Marketing Challenge” – An Interview with Robert Freling, Solar Electric Light Fund

• In an interview, SELF’s Executive Director, Bob Freling, talks about SELF’s work in Benin, Colombia, and Haiti, plus its approach to community empowerment and partnerships.

NEMA Electroindustry (2016): Putting Sustainable Energy to Work in the Developing World

• This article from SELF’s Executive Director provides general information on SELF, as well as information on its SMG work in Benin, electrification work in Haiti, and the establishment of the National Solar Training Center in Haiti.

GreenBiz (2015): New rungs for the unelectrified to climb the solar energy ladder

• This article discusses energy poverty and the several “rungs” of solutions – from solar lanterns to community scale microgrids, including two set up by SELF in Haiti and Colombia.

Chronicle of Philanthropy (2014): Bringing Solar Power to Poor Countries Boosts Health and Finances

• SELF’s Executive Director was interviewed on the SMGs set up in Benin and Haiti to improve food security and access to income.

Renewable Energy World (2012): Solar Power Moves Forward in Haiti, Creativity Flows

• This article provides information on electrification work in Haiti, powering 20 schools, a fish farm, and a drip irrigation system.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2012): Grand Challenges Explorations Grant press release & website

• These links offer verification of SELF winning the Grand Challenges Explorations grant to develop and test solar-powered, battery-free icepack freezers to improve access to vaccines among rural populations.

Clinton Foundation (2012): President Clinton Announces Four New Commitments to Provide Solar Energy to Haiti

• The Clinton Foundation announces a project in Haiti, in which SELF implemented a variety of solar electric systems to support community needs.

Philanthropy News Digest (2012): NRG Energy Completes Solar Energy Projects in Haiti as Part of Clinton Global Initiative Commitment

• This article further covers SELF’s work in Haiti in partnership with NRG Energy and the Clinton Global Initiative.

Huffington Post (2011-2017): Various articles

• SELF’s Executive Director wrote six articles as a contributor for the Huffington Post. He recalls there being an approval and verification process, but we understand these may still qualify as self-published. I’m including this in case it’s helpful; please disregard if not.

TEDxSMU (2010): TEDxSMU - TEDxChange - Robert Freling - Electricity + the UN Millennium Development Goals

• SELF’s Executive Director discusses the many impacts of energy poverty. Freling breaks down the SMG model specifically, and how it helps improve food security, gender equality, and economic opportunity. He makes the argument that energy, while not included in the Millennium Development Goals, is essential to achieving each of them.

What Gives (2010): The Light of Happiness

• This link provides information on SELF’s work in Bhutan, bringing electricity to its citizens while minimizing the impact on local ecosystems.

Renewable Energy World (2010): Haiti Gets US $500,000 Renewables Boost

• SELF solar electrified seven health clinics for Partners In Health in Haiti, with grant money to accelerate the timeline in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.

Yale Alumni Magazine (2010): Robert Freling ’82

• This article highlights SELF’s work in Haiti, before and after the 2010 earthquake and provides some general information on SELF’s Executive Director, a Yale graduate.

Washington University in St. Louis – The Source (2010): Freling shares his vision to light up the world

• This is an announcement for a talk SELF’s Executive Director gave at Washington University. It also provides some background on SELF and Freling.

Renewable Energy World (2010): How the Renewable Energy Community Can Help Haiti

• This is a guest article from SELF’s Executive Director calling on the world to help Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake, and explaining the role solar energy can have in the rebuilding process.

Renewable Energy World (2010): Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards Finalists Unveiled

• This announcement includes SELF’s nomination for the Excellence in Renewable Energy Award.

Huffington Post (2009): Electrifying Health Care in Rwanda

• SELF electrified nine health clinics with the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. This article is written by the Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health there.

Alt Energy Mag (2009): Robert Freling of the Solar Electric Light Fund Awarded King Hussein Leadership Prize

• SELF’s Executive Director was honored as the winner of the King Hussein Leadership Prize for his work expanding access to clean energy around the world. SELF can also be found on the foundation’s website here (scroll to 2008, on the left side), and was featured in the Dallas Morning News here.

Environmental Protection (2008): Tech Museum Announces 2008 Laureates

• SELF was honored a second time as a laureate for the Tech Museum Awards, this time for its SMG program in Benin.

Dallas Morning News (2008): Project Takes Solar Power to Villages

• This article provides some background on SELF and its mission, touching specifically on solar power for human health and low-cost financing.

Renewable Energy World (2008): Solar Electric Light Fund Tackles Benin’s Arid Land

• In this guest article, Freling outlines some of SELF’s early work on solar-powered drip irrigation in Benin and the need it fills.

Renewable Energy World (2008): Renewable Energy Powers Rwandan Health Centers

• This article includes information on SELF’s project electrifying health facilities in Rwanda with Partners In Health.

NEED (2008): A Brighter Future

• This article explores the issue of energy poverty and SELF’s work to combat it, including its work in Benin and brief mentions of its work in South Africa, Rwanda, and Lesotho.

PopTech (2007): YouTube Broadcast

• SELF’s Executive Director spoke at PopTech about the various applications of solar energy for community development, including plans for SELF’s electrification efforts in Benin.

PopTech (2006): YouTube Broadcast

• SELF’s Executive Director discusses the issue of energy poverty, and how solar power can improve lives through expanded health, education, and economic opportunities. This video touches on SELF’s projects in Nigeria, Bhutan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Brazil, South Africa, Benin, and the Solomon Islands.

Chevron (2005): Environmental Heroes from Around the World Honored at 51st Annual Chevron Conservation Awards

• SELF was honored as a recipient of the Chevron Conservation Award. This announcement gives a brief overview of SELF and its work in Nigeria.

Massive Change (2006): Solar Power chapter

• The book Massive Change includes an interview with SELF’s Executive Director, which explores the basics of solar power, how it can improve resources and connection within rural communities, and mentions of several SELF projects, including those in South Africa and the Amazon Rainforest.

Travel Girl (2003): Discovery is the Latest Vogue

• This article touches on SELF’s work with Indigenous communities in the Amazon Rainforest. SELF provided solar panels and wireless communications to allow for expanded medical treatment among other things.

Renewable Energy World (2003): Kyocera Wires Solar Village in Nigeria

• SELF helped solar electrify three Nigerian villages, bringing power to homes, schools, clinics, mosques, and local micro-enterprises.

Renewable Energy World (2002): Solar Electric Light Fund Honored

• SELF was nominated for the 2002 Tech Museum of Innovation Award by physicist and Templeton Prize-winner Freeman Dyson. This piece highlights SELF’s work electrifying schools in South Africa and providing internet access, lights, a water pump, and a vaccine refrigerator, to an Indigenous community in the Amazon Rainforest. SELF was also featured in a video from the Tech Museum, accessible here (begins at 6:20).

Renewable Energy World (2002): Solar Power, Internet Access Brought to Amazon

• This article offers additional information on SELF’s work in the Amazon Rainforest.

Renewable Energy World (2002): Solar Powered Communications Established in Four Corners Region

• SELF worked with OnSat to bring satellite communication to over 80 Native American communities.

The International Journal of Humanities and Peace (2001): Solar Vision

• SELF’s Executive Director explores the benefits of solar energy for rural communities as it relates to health, education, economic development, and more. He also provides background on SELF, its projects, and its objectives.

Rhonda London Live (est. 2000): Interview Recording

• SELF’s Executive Director was interviewed on the Canadian talk show about the power of solar energy for developing communities (interview begins at 7:50).

IT Web (2000): Dell Computers in rural KwaZulu-Natal

• This article provides details on SELF’s work in partnership with Dell Computers bringing electricity, computers, and connectivity to Myeka High School in South Africa.

Infinite Energy (2000): Lighting a Path to Distribute Renewable Power to the Third World

• This article provides background on SELF, including early projects in China, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and South Africa, as well as information on the formation of SELCO.

Islands Business (1999): From the Swiss Alps to the Solomon Islands

• This article covers SELF’s work bringing solar electricity to the Solomon Islands to improve local resources and safety.

The Sun, the Genome and the Internet (1999): Technology and Social Justice chapter

• SELF was mentioned in Freeman Dyson’s book, with information on its early work making solar home systems more accessible through financing programs.

Mother Earth News (1998): Solomon Islands Solar Power Project

• In a guest article for Mother Earth News, SELF’s Executive Director walks through SELF’s project in the Solomon Islands, including how it came to be and the benefits it will provide residents.

First Intranet (1998): Solar Electric Light Fund to Receive Prestigious Environmental Award from Global Green USA

• This is an announcement about SELF being honored by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s organization for its work expanding clean energy access.

Climate Alert (1998): Small Island States Confer on Ways to Convert to Green Energy

• SELF’s Executive Director spoke at an event about SELF’s project electrifying a village in the Solomon Islands.

Living Lightly (1998): Let’s Light Up the World

• This guest article runs through several of SELF’s early projects in Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Tanzania, South Africa, and China.

EPRI Journal (1998): Sustainability Success Stories Abroad

• SELF was highlighted for its work providing financing for solar home systems and its establishment of commercial energy services company, SELCO.

Global Green Environment Award (1998): Panel and Awards Ceremony Video

• SELF’s Executive Director was presented the Global Green Environment Award from Mikhail Gorbachev. See Freling at time stamps 14:50 (Gorbachev sits second from the right on the panel) and 1:01:45. This award win is also mentioned in SourceWatch.

Solomon Star (1998): Sukiki – Solomon Islands first skar village revisited

• This article provides information on SELF’s project in the Solomon Islands, including electrifying the village of Sukiki and plans to electrify the village of Makaruka (completed after publication).

World Watch (1997): Shining Examples

• This article explores the need for solar financing, and includes mentions of SELF’s work on page 32, including projects in Vietnam and China, and the creation of SELCO.

NASA (1997): Solar Energy Specialist to Speak at Langley

• This is a speaking announcement for Solar Energy International, with a brief mention of partnership with SELF to expand electrification in the Solomon Islands.

In Business (1996): Foreign Markets Spark Clean Energy Growth

• This article talks about the expansion of clean energy in developing communities and the need to make credit available to finance it. SELF’s work is mentioned on the second page in the middle column.

CADDET (1996): Vietnam Women’s Union Promotes Photovoltaic Systems in Remote Areas

• This article from the International Energy Association’s CADDET magazine cover’s SELF rural electrification work with the Vietnam Women’s Union aimed at improving business and education opportunities.

Solar Today (1995): Bringing Power to the People

• Freling, SELF’s then-Director of International Programs, wrote an article for Solar Today that offers a look at SELF’s early days, including its solar home system work, its financing programs, and project updates across China, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, the Solomon Islands, and Brazil.

Kuensel (1994): Lighting Up Phobjikha Valley

• This article from Bhutan’s national newspaper covers SELF’s work bringing solar lighting to 151 rural families. Georgialawson (talk) 23:41, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

This is a great list of sources. I will try to write a lead paragraph for the article that establishes notability for SELF using some of your sources. Editors will sometimes evaluate the notability of the article, and I want to make their task easy, so they don't have to go through thirty sources to find something that establishes notability. I want to choose the best sources, in the sense that they must be reliable and independent. For example the United Nations sources are not independent as they are a project partner. Also of course the lead paragraph needs to be a good introduction to the article. BruceThomson (talk) 00:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thank you! Georgialawson (talk) 15:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

I rewrote the lead paragraph with sources that establish notability. I have created a cleanup to-do list at the top of this page, and I will make a request on the WP:CLEANUP page for people to work on it. I will work on it myself as time permits. BruceThomson (talk) 08:51, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for working on this! Let us know if there’s anything else we can do to help. Georgialawson (talk) 15:07, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi BruceThomson. We looked through the Partnerships section and found that many of the ones listed don’t need to be on here, either because they’re simply an equipment supplier or they have a more minor relationship with SELF. I’m pasting that list below in case it’s helpful to clean up efforts. We can provide verification links for the other partners (and a few new ones). If that would be useful, please let me know what’s preferred for verification. We can provide third-party coverage and/or links to SELF mentions on partners’ websites.

In the meantime, here is the list of partners that can be deleted:

350 Media

AEE Solar

Amazon Association

Applied Materials

Bosch

Centre for Renewable Energy, Kathmandu

Cermet Materials

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health

Community Energy

Copper Alliance

Creative Energies

Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund

Dow Corning

East Penn Manufacturing

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Khaya ICT

EOPPLY New Energy Technology

General Cable

Good Energies

Google.org

Government of Haiti

Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation

Institute for Sustainable Energy and Development

Javelin Logistics

Johnson & Johnson

Learn Things

Make It Right Foundation

Microsoft

Millennium Villages Project

Mr Long Arm, Inc

Nelson Mandela Institute

Omni Instruments

Oprah Winfrey Foundation

Outback Power Systems

Q-Cells

SCS Renewables

SMA Solar Technology

Sol

Solar Liberty Foundation

Solmetric

Standard Solar

SunSense

Sunset Lighting

Suntech

Trina Solar

Trojan Battery Company

Wattplot

Wind, Water and Energy Conservation

World Bank Development Marketplace Competition

Yingli Georgialawson (talk) 20:33, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

I have removed the above organizations from the list. Sources for the remaining items should come from reliable third-party sites if possible, or from the partner site if not. BruceThomson (talk) 04:45, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi BruceThomson. Thanks for making those updates and confirming the best sources for partnerships. I’m pasting below a list of partners with sources linked. We’ve prioritized third-party sources when available and provided links to partner sources in other cases. Please let us know if you have questions or if there’s anything else we can get you for now.

Alstom - partner citation

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund - Solar Power World

Dell Computers - The New York Times

ExxonMobil - partner citation

Guadalcanal Rural Electrification Agency - Mother Earth News

Habitat for Humanity International - DTU (Technical University of Denmark) (pg. 7)

Inter-American Development Bank - CleanTechnica

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - The Christian Science Monitor

Jane Goodall Institute - partner citation (pg. 37)

Jigawa State Government - The Guardian

National Renewable Energy Laboratory - partner citation (pg. 2)

NRG Energy - Energy Digital Magazine

Partners In Health - Renewable Energy World

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN) - Concurrent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (pg. 3)

SolarWorld - Renewable Energy World

Stanford University - National Geographic

SunPower Corporation - Solar Power World

United Nations Environment Programme - partner citation

US Agency for International Development - partner citation (pg. 39)

US Department of Energy - Renewable Energy World

Vietnam Women’s Union - IDRC Fund for Gender and Women

Village Health Works - Renewable Energy World Georgialawson (talk) 20:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi BruceThomson, I hope you’ve been well! I noticed there’s still a flag on this page indicating additional citations are needed. We’d love to get that resolved, and I’m more than happy to provide specific citations for anything in this article. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to be helpful here. Thanks! Georgialawson (talk) 20:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi @BruceThomson. I wanted to follow up on my previous note. Are you still available to help add the necessary citations to this article? Again, I am happy to provide any citations that will aid in the process. 2601:1C2:780:6B10:ACD7:25E5:D4A1:4BE (talk) 15:43, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi. You already have lots of citations, so my feeling is that the main problem is that the citations you found already need to be added throughout the article at the appropriate places. If you can organize this a bit I would be glad to do the editing. BruceThomson (talk) 02:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:When_to_cite gives the rules for this. BruceThomson (talk) 05:32, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much, @BruceThomson! We’ve made a copy of our Wikipedia page in a Word document and added comments in the margin with links to the appropriate sources for each point. I can share that Word document via Dropbox. Does that work for you? Georgialawson (talk) 18:49, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

That would be perfect, thank you. BruceThomson (talk) 01:16, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Wonderful. Thank you. Here is a link to that Word document. You may need to download the document to access the full comments and functioning links. Let me know if you have any issues: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/55233kaf5d6w3uhuewst4/Wikipedia-Updates-July-2024.docx?rlkey=5bu4zzbkjhebsni3z556h7221&st=fjvryjxx&dl=0 Georgialawson (talk) 17:20, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

This looks really good. I don't have Dropbox access permissions for the additional files referenced in the document. Could you add access for brc.thomson@gmail.com? BruceThomson (talk) 00:12, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, done. Georgialawson (talk) 15:07, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @BruceThomson. I wanted to check in here. Was there anything else you needed to complete the necessary citations? Georgialawson (talk) 17:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I think I have everything needed. I'll try to make some progress during the next week. Sorry for the delay.BruceThomson (talk) 04:22, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

I worked on adding citations today. In the Past Projects section we seem to be missing citations for some countries and I have marked them. BruceThomson (talk) 06:58, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi @BruceThomson. Thank you for adding those citations. I’m not sure why the remaining links are not showing up in the document we prepared. In case it’s a Dropbox glitch, I’ve pasted those below.

Burundi: https://www.scidev.net/global/features/solar-power-for-the-poor-facts-and-figures-1/

Indonesia: Unfortunately, we cannot find a third-party source from our Indonesia work in 1996. You may remove it if necessary.

Kenya: https://www.solarfeeds.com/mag/3-nonprofits-changing-world-solar/

Lesotho: https://www.scidev.net/global/features/solar-power-for-the-poor-facts-and-figures-1/

Rwanda: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/electrifying-health-care_b_188317

Zimbabwe: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3g8i896vz0bpj3zxzn114/Islands-Business.pdf?rlkey=x7l1z12pkxd54dq6ilk44o3a2&st=3wr6otph&dl=0 Georgialawson (talk) 14:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

I added more citations and removed the footnotes needed tag at the top. I'm sure that there are improvements that can be made to the article, but we've reached a new level of quality.BruceThomson (talk) 09:10, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Excellent. Thank you so much for your help throughout this process! Georgialawson (talk) 23:15, 6 November 2024 (UTC)