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INNOVATION IN PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY: A Sun King Photostory | May 2020

A decade ago, there were 2 billion people on the planet who lacked basic access to energy. They used unreliable sources like kerosene lamps and candles that emit noxious fumes to illuminate their homes and travel at night.

With an objective to make clean, affordable the SUN KING SOLAR LAMP, energy access a reality to every off-grid home, Greenlight Planet launched its first product… which was designed to replace the ubiquitous kerosene lamp.

In 2011, Greenlight Planet adopted the breakthrough five-year lithium ion phosphate battery with the SUN KING PRO

Focussed on providing off-grid customers with affordable and long-lasting brightness, Greenlight Planet, then, brought in two new products…

the SUN KING SOLAR ECO, And, the SUN KING SOLO, a smartly designed, easy-to-carry lamp a dual-use solar powered light to provide ideal lighting for walking or reading at night.

In 2015, while rural families paid an average of $3 per week on kerosene, Greenlight Planet introduced a solar lamp for $8 the SUN KING PICO world’s first and only fully digital (with an integrated solar panel), highly durable solar home light at such a low price point.

While small businesses In came the SUN KING PRO SERIES, adopted Sun King products, it was which included the PRO X, PRO 2, PRO All Night. This series offered high-efficiency solar lanterns imperative to provide with increased brightness. them with even more efficient solutions...

Greenlight Planet’s next innovation, the SUN KING CHARGE offered a safe, reliable, and high- quality solar lamp and charging device, at a price point within the rural consumers’ reach.

As customers wished to light up spaces in their homes and small businesses, Greenlight Planet built... the SUN KING HOME SYSTEMS, with HOME 40Z, HOME 60, HOME 120, HOME 120 PLUS, that brought modern lighting and energy with multiple light points in one kit that could be used to light different rooms

Introducing the SUN KING BOOM, a 4 in 1 portable lamp with FM, MP3, and USB mobile charging. Until now, Sun King products had been able to meet customers’ demands for lighting and phone-charging, but there was clearly a demand for more... Access to information and broadcast entertainment was certainly the most basic human demand.

Now, rural consumers In came the refreshed SUN KING PRO SERIES, expected brighter light, more power to charge including PRO 200, PRO 300, PRO 400, their increasingly battery- with an increased brightness and phone-charging capacity, at a hungry smartphones. lower cost, while retaining a flexible and indestructible design.

Since most underserved consumers live in tropical climates and experienced hot summers, Greenlight Planet launched… the SUN KING FAN This solar powered portable fan with a powerful brushless motor was the most reliable solar-powered table fan available on the market.

Accelerating towards non-stop entertainment and access to information, the next system presented came to be known as… SUN KING HOME 400 This system included the first Sun King Television, one of the most efficient solar TVs available in the market.

Understanding the importance of multi-functional products, Greenlight Planet also put forward the compact, tactical, portable SUN KING TORCH

Over ten years, Greenlight Planet’s Sun King products have evolved to deliver affordable energy and to meet the ever increasing consumer needs.

Beginning a new decade, Greenlight Planet aims to ...the consumers deliver affordable energy to the last billion people... who are going to change the way their communities approach and access energy in a more reliable and sustainable way.