LEDs in India - C-Quest Capital

At the end of October, CQC reached a milestone 3 million LEDs distributed to rural low income families in Assam, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh. Despite COVID 19 we are on track to complete the 4.5 million LED distribution program named Project Shine by mid January 2021. More than one million families will benefit from this project which is funded by Korean investors through the forward sale of carbon credits in the Korean Compliance market. CQC has reached agreement with the Energy Efficiency Supply Limited (EESL), an Indian Government owned entity to expand efforts to supply LEDs to the rural poor on a subsidized basis using carbon finance. Government is planning an initial 10 m LED distribution program under CQCs supervision from December this year with a view to achieving a target of 300 million LEDs.

Stories of Impact: Behind Tsotso Stove, there’s a story to tell

Local Poet Sylvia Muzarrabani composed a poem titled "Behind Tsotso Stove, there's a story to tell". The poem encapsulates her feelings of how CQC's TLC Rocket Stove has transformed the lives of the people in her village.

Stories of Impact: CQC Mbaula Trophy Championship

Thousands of people, many travelling hundreds of kilometres and many hours away have made the trek to witness the finals of the CQC Mbaula Trophy Championship, C-Quest Capital’s inaugural soccer and netball tournament held in Lilongwe, Malawi.

LED’s Lighting a New Path for Future Sustainability: Part Three

In this final part of our blog series, we will hear from three regions, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Bihar

LED’s Lighting a New Path for Future Sustainability: Part Two

Part two explores C-Quest Capital’s (CQC) efficient lighting program where over 14.5 million LED blubs have already been supplied to over 3 million households. By the end of the program, it will be estimated that up to 50 million LEDs will eventually be installed to many of India’s most rural and disadvantaged communities.

C-Quest Capital Awarded with Best Project Developer: Energy Efficiency

C-Quest Capital has won the ‘Best Project Developer: Energy Efficiency’ and runner-up for ‘Best Project Developer: Public health’ in Environmental Finance’s Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) Rankings 2022.

LED’s Lighting a New Path for Future Sustainability: Part One

With lighting accounting for 15% of global energy usage and nearly 5% of global CO₂ emissions, efficient lighting technologies such as Light Emitting Diode (LED globes) have now been moved into the limelight as an essential technology to move the world closer to net-zero – one globe at a time.