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Solar home systems (Solar Home Systems)
Practices that use it
SELCO India - decentralized last-mile solar energy servicesSELCO 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. 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.Iluméxico: solar home systems and ILUCentrosSocial 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).