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Solar lamps for off-grid living from BRIGHT Products
- Published 10 November 2022; updated 21 September 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Available in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania; listed under Energy / Solar energy.
- BRIGHT Products designs solar lighting for off-grid communities and displacement settings, providing light and phone charging without grid access. The SunBell product can be used as a task light, ceiling lamp or flashlight. Its newer Sol lamp is described as providing up to 580 hours of light on one charge, with a casing made from 100% recycled plastic. The page says more than four million solar lamps had been delivered as of 2024.
- The company says it designs products based on visits and user research in off-grid communities. Its customers include UNHCR, UNICEF, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme; it was working to expand products with humanitarian/disaster-response partners and commercial distributors.
- The article describes kerosene-light exposure and firewood smoke as health and safety hazards, and says solar lamps can help children study at night, support small businesses and craftspeople, and improve women’s safety. Replacing kerosene is also presented as reducing greenhouse-gas emissions; replacing firewood lighting may reduce pressure on forests. The page cites roughly 750 million people without electricity and a WHO estimate of 1.5 million annual deaths from toxic kerosene fumes.
- Market context cites an estimated 398 million households as potential off-grid energy-appliance customers in the 2024 Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report, plus humanitarian needs among displaced people. Linked to SDGs 4 (Quality education), 5 (Gender equality) and 7 (Affordable and clean energy).
- Contact: Lorena Munoz Carmona, Head of Humanitarian Partnerships, lorena@bright-products.com. Company: BRIGHT PRODUCTS AS, Holbergs gate 19, 0166 Oslo, Norway; bright-products.com. A phone-number reveal control is present.