As featured in the Wall Street Journal
"Sunset used to be bedtime for 10-year-old Ankash Govind . . . Now, he spends his nights reading to his siblings by the light of a solar-powered lantern called the 'Sun King.' "
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The Wall Street Journal
Solar Lanterns Bring Light to Rural India, Dec 7 2009
CHIKANPADA, India -- Sunset used to be bedtime for 10-year-old Ankash Govind. This village, three hours from the bright lights of Mumbai, has not had electricity for the last eight years.[...]
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The Hindu Business Line
Lighting a billion lives, Dec 24 2009
[Greenlight Planet's] marketing team, which obviously uses more direct selling techniques than mass marketing, has been establishing a presence in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar and some eastern States [and] is setting up a large sales force to go into the villages, recruit local entrepreneurs and convert them into local sellers."
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Indian Express
Sunlight by Night, November 15, 2009
"For the past three months, Chikanpada — a tribal village with a population of around 300 in Thane’s Boisar taluka — has been experiencing a new life. The village, which is yet to get power supply despite being just 150 km from Mumbai, has received solar-powered lamps."
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The Economist
Another Green Revolution, September 4th issue
"A CLAPBOARD house in Cape Cod is very different from a one-room mud-brick hut in the Indian state of Orissa, but making them into green homes involves a similar approach: using as little energy as possible to meet the occupants’ needs. But in the developing world the impact of new technology can be far more transformative."
Discover Magazine
Developing Technologies, October issue
"In rural Indian homes, kerosene lanterns are ubiquitous, posing health concerms from fumes as well as fire risk. Solar-charged lights designed by Patrick Walsh, founder of Greenlight Planet, are one solution to the problem"
The Hindu Business Line
Win-win ideas, January 11, 2008
"Of 809 projects proposed by 3,200 engineering students from 89 countries, an international jury nominated 30 best projects for the final round. The teams led by Orissa’s Vikas Kumar and Patrick Walsh of the US and Mumbai’s Vaibhav Tidke and Veerappan Swaminathan of Singapore made it to the top ten in the final, each winning €20,000."