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● projectScaled · national · 2009
Iluméxico: solar home systems and ILUCentros
Social enterprise that designs, installs and maintains solar home systems, microgrids and clean energy solutions for rural communities without grid access.
illustrative atlas image · Tom Fisk / PexelsI(Iluméxico (ILUMEXICO S.A. de C.V. / Fundación ILUMEXICO)IMIberdrola MéxicoMWManuel Wiechers Banuet
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01 The context
It operates a network of regional centers (ILUCentros) with locally recruited 'community engineers' who assess territories, sell, install and maintain the systems, connected to the Prometeo device. It has reached more than 100,000 people (cumulative impact >102,541 in 2,000 communities, 60% indigenous; ~23,126 families).
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
2 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceIluméxico Comparative Study: Lighting the Way Forward in Rural MexicoSanta Clara University, Miller Center · 2016
ContextLuces de Esperanza: un proyecto que ilumina comunidades vulnerables en OaxacaIluméxico · 2024