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● projectScaled · subnational · 1995
SELCO India - decentralized last-mile solar energy services
SELCO Solar Light, a for-profit social enterprise founded in 1995 in Bangalore, provides tailored decentralized solar energy solutions (home systems, lighting, pumps and productive-use equipment) to low-income households and microenterprises.
illustrative atlas image · Vlad Burac / Unsplash01 The context
It combines sales and service with tailored financing, including the 'productive asset credit', which finances a productive-use solar system as a business loan. It operates through a network of local branches that provide long-term maintenance.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
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EvidenceSocial Enterprises and SDGs: A Case Study of SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd, IndiaWorld Scientific (Encyclopedia of Business Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 2, pp. 221-235) · 2022