Schneider Electric lights up rural communities

Schneider Electric has launched ‘Light It Up’, a program to bring electricity access to rural communities across Asia Pacific. The company believes access to energy is a basic human right, and it is committed to put safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable energy within reach of a great many households.

From mid-September to early November this year, employees will distribute more than 1800 units of the Mobiya solar lamps to rural communities in 12 countries across the region.

Economic and social development is largely driven by access to energy. However, around 1.3 billion people on this planet still lack access to modern energy today, while another one billion people have access to only unreliable electricity networks. In countries including Myanmar and Cambodia, the rural electrification rate can be as low as 18%.

In the past six years, Schneider Electric has contributed to providing 5 million people with access to energy and the goal is to reach 50 million people within the next 10 years.

“I am happy that this project brings many parties together who want to contribute meaningfully in helping remote communities gain access to safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable energy,” said Damien Dhellemmes, senior VP of Global Supply Chain, East Asia, Japan & Pacific.

“With the Light It Up program, we look forward to sharing our innovation at every level in energy with the rural and remote communities in this region,” said Dhellemmes.