ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <LINK href="main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <title>Greenlight Planet Inc - Energy everyone can afford.&trade; - News</title> <script src="rounded.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <table align="center"> <!--Top Row--> <tr> <td align="center"> <div style="padding-top:15px;padding-left:5px; padding-right:15px;width:960px; "> <div style="float:left;"><a href="index.html" class="logo"></a></div> <div style="float:left; height:76px; margin-top:0%;font-size:12px;"> <div style="width:37px;float:left;" class="bar"></div> <div style="float:left; padding-top:41px;"><a href="mission.html" class="mission_rollover"></a></div> <div style="width:37px;float:left;" class="bar"></div> <div style="float:left; padding-top:41px;"><a href="products.html" class="products_rollover"></a></div> <div style="width:37px;float:left;" class="bar"></div> <div style="float:left; padding-top:41px;"><a href="aboutus.html" class="aboutus_rollover"></a></div> <div style="width:37px;float:left;" class="bar"></div> <div style="float:left; padding-top:41px;"><a href="careers.html" class="careers_rollover"></a></div> <div style="width:37px;float:left;" class="bar"></div> <div style="float:left; padding-top:41px;"><a href="news.html" class="news_rollover"></a></div> <div style="width:37px;float:left;" class="bar"></div> <div style="float:left; padding-top:41px;"><a href="inquiries.html" class="inquiries_rollover"></a></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <div style="text-align:center;width:980px;"> <div style="float:left;" class="splash6"></div></div> </td> </tr> <tr><td align="left"> <div style="float:left; margin: 0pt auto; width:390px;"> <div style="float:left; margin: 0pt auto; margin-left:20px; width: 360px; background-color:#000; " class="rounded2"> <div style="padding:15px;height:430px; "> <h2 style="padding-bottom:0px;">As featured in the Wall Street Journal</h2> <h3 style="color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:normal; font-size:14px; padding-bottom:20px;">"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.' "</h3> <h3 style="color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:normal; font-size:14px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <center><img src="images/wsjvideo.jpg" /></center> <p><a href="http://go.greenlightplanet.com/WSJstory" class="rightt">Watch the video</a></p> <p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125991486832876383.html" class="rightt">See the article</a></p> </h3> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float:left; margin: 0pt auto; width:580px;"> <div style="float:left; margin: 0pt auto; margin-left:5px; width: 580px; background-color:#f6f6f6;" class="rounded2"> <div style="padding:15px; padding-bottom:0px; height:450px;" class="rightbox"> <h1 style="color:#000; padding-bottom:20px;">In the News</h1> <p style="line-height:145%; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0px;">The Wall Street Journal</p><div style="float:left"> <img src="images/wsj.gif" /></div> <div style="float:left; height:100px; 0px;width:420px; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <p style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin:0px; text-align:justify;"><strong>Solar Lanterns Bring Light to Rural India, Dec 7 2009</strong><br /> 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.[...] <br /> <a href="http://go.greenlightplanet.com/WSJstory">Watch the video</a> | <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125991486832876383.html"> See the article</a> </p> </div> <p style="line-height:145%; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0px;">The Hindu Business Line</p> <div style="float:left"><img src="images/bl.gif" /></div> <div style="float:left; vertical-align:middle; 0px;width:420px; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <p style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin:0px; text-align:justify;"><strong>Lighting a billion lives, Dec 24 2009</strong><br /> [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." <br /> <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2009/12/24/stories/2009122450120400.htm"> See the article</a></p> </div> <p style="line-height:145%; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0px;">Indian Express</p> <div style="float:left"><img src="images/indianexpress.gif" /></div> <div style="float:left; vertical-align:middle; 0px;width:420px; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <p style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin:0px; text-align:justify;"><strong>Sunlight by Night, November 15, 2009</strong><br /> "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." <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sunlight-by-night/541612/0"> See the article</a></p> </div> <br /> <br /> <p style="line-height:145%; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0px;">The Economist</p> <div style="float:left"><img src="images/econ.gif" /></div> <div style="float:left; vertical-align:middle; 0px;width:420px; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <p style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin:0px; text-align:justify;"><strong>Another Green Revolution, September 4th issue</strong><br /> "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." <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <br /> <br /> <p style="line-height:145%; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0px;">Discover Magazine</p> <div style="float:left"><img src="images/disc-icon.jpg" /></div> <div style="float:left; vertical-align:middle; 0px;width:420px; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <p style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin:0px; text-align:justify;"><strong>Developing Technologies, October issue</strong><br /> "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" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <p style="line-height:145%; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0px;">The Hindu Business Line</p> <div style="float:left"><img src="images/bl.gif" /></div> <div style="float:left; vertical-align:middle; 0px;width:420px; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <p style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin:0px; text-align:justify;"><strong>Win-win ideas, January 11, 2008</strong><br /> "Of 809 projects proposed by 3,200 engineering students from 89 countries, an international jury nominated 30 best projects for the final round. 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