practiceScaled

Iluméxico: solar home systems and ILUCentros

📍 México · 2009 · Iluméxico (ILUMEXICO S.A. de C.V. / Fundación ILUMEXICO)

Scale
local
subnational
national
systemic

Description

Social enterprise that designs, installs and maintains solar home systems, microgrids and clean energy solutions for rural communities without grid access. 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).

Linked evidence

Iluméxico Comparative Study: Lighting the Way Forward in Rural MexicoSanta Clara University, Miller Center · 2016EvidenceLuces de Esperanza: un proyecto que ilumina comunidades vulnerables en OaxacaIluméxico · 2024Context