Solar for All Initiative launched in October 2008 in Freiburg, Germany, which gathered more than 50 of the world’s leading organisations working on the problems of energy access for developing countries, with a particular focus on solar photovoltaic.

The initiative is led by:

The Canopus Foundation (Germany), which provides business development assistance and  market intelligence to social enterprises in the field of renewable energy since 1997;

Ashoka (USA), a global network of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs in over 70 countries, including several hundred fellows working in the area of renewable energy and poverty alleviation.