The work we've built across East Africa

Solar sizes are given in kWp, the peak output of the panels, and battery sizes in kWh, the energy the batteries can store. Backup systems add batteries or a generator so the power stays on in an outage, and Solar Savings systems work alongside the grid to cut the daytime bill. Off-Grid systems run with no grid at all, and Study and design marks work where we delivered a study or a design rather than an installation.

Showing 72 of 72 projects

Hotels & LodgesBackup

Acaki Lodge

10 kWp PV + 20 kWh battery

A remote lodge in Kitgum that used to run entirely on diesel now runs mostly on solar.

Kitgum, Uganda · 2026

E-MobilityBackup

Africrooze Charging Station

3 kWp PV + 5 kWh battery

A fleet of electric bicycles now charges on low-cost solar.

Bugiri, Uganda · 2026

Schools & CampusesBackup

Amasiko Guest House extension

5 kWp PV + 10 kWh battery

Once the school system had proven itself, Amasiko added a second one for its guest house.

Hamukaaka, Uganda · 2026

Hotels & LodgesBackup

Asilia Lodge Roam

About 50 kWp PV + 110 kWh battery

A remote safari lodge now runs through the whole day on solar, even though its grid supply is poor.

Bwindi, Uganda · 2026

Offices, media and otherBackup

DGB Group

32 kWp PV + 60 kWh battery

One backup system now keeps a whole compound of field offices running on a weak grid.

Hoima, Uganda · 2026

Farms & AgribusinessStudy and design

GIZ Agrivoltaics Consultancy

National agrivoltaics guidelines

We helped shape Uganda's national guidelines for solar power and farming on the same land.

Uganda · 2026

Schools & CampusesBackup

Gogolo Junior School

50 kWp PV + 80 kWh battery

This boarding school on a weak grid gets the same engineering we put into hospitals.

Kisubi, Uganda · 2026

Offices, media and otherBackup

Kitende Residential

6 kWp PV + 20 kWh battery

A private home in Kitende now keeps its power on through every outage.

Kitende, Uganda · 2026

Hospitals & ClinicsBackup

Lamu Medical Centre

7 kWp PV + 25 kWh battery

A small clinic gets hospital-grade reliability at a size its budget can carry.

Uganda · 2026

Hospitals & ClinicsBackup

Naggalama Hospital CT Scan

50 kWp PV + 100 kWh battery

A new CT scanner now has its own solar and battery supply that keeps it running through outages.

Naggalama, Uganda · 2026

Offices, media and otherBackup

Next Media Park (NBS)

86 kWp PV + 96 kWh battery

Uganda's largest independent media house now runs part of its round-the-clock broadcasting on solar.

Kampala, Uganda · 2026

Hotels & LodgesBackup

The Hursey Resort

45 kWp PV + 90 kWh battery

Reliable, quiet power for a Soroti resort that used to run on a generator.

Soroti, Uganda · 2026

Hotels & LodgesBackup

Total Bunamwaya

54 kWp PV + 100 kWh battery (supermarket), 39 kWp PV (restaurant)

A supermarket and a restaurant next to each other got two solar systems under one deal.

Kampala, Uganda · 2026

Hospitals & ClinicsBackup

UNICEF 250 Health Centres

Solar systems at 250 health centres, plus O&M

We brought solar power to 250 rural health centres across Uganda.

Uganda · 2026

Industry & ProcessingSolar Savings

Yalelo

303 kWp grid-tied PV

We built our largest grid-tied system yet for a regional fish farming company.

Uganda · 2026

Schools & CampusesBackup

Green Vocational College

5 kWp PV + 10 kWh battery

A vocational college on a weak grid now has steady power for classrooms, workshops and dormitories.

Buwama, Uganda · 2025

Hotels & LodgesBackup

Seventeen Apartments

50 kWp PV + 120 kWh battery

A premium apartment complex now has solar backup that can run the whole building without the grid.

Kampala, Uganda · 2025

Farms & AgribusinessBackup

Soroti Farm

10 kWp PV + 10 kWh battery

The farm at a Soroti youth foundation now has steady power for its tools and lighting.

Soroti, Uganda · 2025

Schools & CampusesBackup

Soroti Youth Skills Centre

30 kWp PV + 30 kWh battery

A skills centre in Soroti now has steady power for workshops, classrooms and dormitories.

Soroti, Uganda · 2025

Industry & ProcessingSolar Savings

Sumz Food Industries

250 kWp grid-tied PV

A growing food processor now covers its full daytime load with solar under a power purchase agreement.

Nkoowe, Uganda · 2025

Schools & CampusesSolar Savings

Ambrosoli International School

20 kWp grid-tied PV

A premium Kampala school now pays less for daytime power, with no change to its grid connection.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

E-MobilityBackup

Bodawerk

15 kWp PV + 17 kWh battery

A company working on e-mobility and second-life batteries now runs its workshop on solar.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

Hospitals & ClinicsSolar Savings

Case Hospital

65 kWp grid-tied PV

A busy private hospital in Kampala went solar without paying anything upfront.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

Industry & ProcessingBackup

Everbrown Millers & Bakery

120 kWp PV across two plants

Two neighbouring plants got a solar system each under one power purchase agreement, with no upfront cost.

Uganda · 2024

Farms & AgribusinessStudy and design

Heifer International

Solar feasibility studies, dairy cooperatives

We studied whether solar makes sense for dairy cooperatives in Uganda.

Uganda · 2024

Farms & AgribusinessBackup

HKA Living Lab Kajjansi

Solar-and-storage research lab

We built a solar and battery lab in Kajjansi for research and training.

Kajjansi, Uganda · 2024

Farms & AgribusinessBackup

HKA Living Lab Kisumu

Solar-and-storage research lab

We built a solar and battery lab in Kisumu for research and training.

Kisumu, Kenya · 2024

Farms & AgribusinessBackup

HKA Living Lab Morogoro

Solar-and-storage research lab with floating PV

We built a research lab in Tanzania that includes solar panels floating on water.

Morogoro, Tanzania · 2024

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

Industrial site at Orom

Industrial power pre-feasibility study

We looked at power supply options for an industrial site so the investor could decide early.

Uganda · Year under review

Schools & CampusesSolar Savings

International University of East Africa

130 kWp grid-tied PV

A large rooftop system follows the university's academic day and cuts its power bill.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

Farms & AgribusinessBackup

Jambo Roses

250 kWp PV + 200 kWh battery

A large rose farm exporting to Europe now powers its work and refrigeration with solar and batteries.

Nakawuka, Uganda · 2024

Industry & ProcessingBackup

Kyamuhunga Tea Company

500 kWp PV + 200 kWh battery

This tea factory on a shaky rural grid runs on our largest hybrid system yet.

Kyamuhunga, Uganda · 2024

Offices, media and otherBackup

Malcom X Apartments

12 kWp PV + 28 kWh battery

A full apartment block now has silent backup power through frequent outages.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

E-MobilityStudy and design

NL Embassy

Solar and EV feasibility, 6 residences

We drew up one solar and electric vehicle plan covering six embassy residences.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

Industry & ProcessingSolar Savings

Noble Commodities

58 kWp grid-tied PV

A coffee processor and exporter in Namanve now uses solar through its processing hours.

Namanve, Uganda · 2024

Hotels & LodgesBackup

Rukararwe Eco-Travel Cottages

5 kWp PV + 10 kWh battery

These eco-tourism cottages now have quiet power, with no generator noise near the guests.

Bushenyi, Uganda · 2024

Farms & AgribusinessStudy and design

SNV EEA

Energy policy issue briefs, agri-food sector

We wrote energy policy briefs for Uganda's agriculture and food sector.

Uganda · 2024

E-MobilityBackup

Yujo Boda Charging Station

Solar-supplied boda-boda charging station

The Yujo restaurant now has a charging station for electric boda-bodas that runs on its solar.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

E-MobilityBackup

Yujo Wallbox Car Charger

Wallbox car charger, solar-supplied

The restaurant added a wall-mounted car charger that runs off its own solar.

Kampala, Uganda · 2024

Schools & CampusesOff-Grid

Amasiko Green School

7 kWp PV + 15 kWh battery

A rural school with no grid connection now has power for its classrooms and evening study.

Hamukaaka, Uganda · 2023

Hospitals & ClinicsBackup

Corsu Rehabilitation Hospital

100 kWp PV + 120 kWh battery

This hospital cannot ride out an outage, so we gave its theatres and imaging uninterrupted power.

Kisubi, Uganda · 2023

Industry & ProcessingStudy and design

GIZ Eco Industrial Parks

Eco industrial park energy model

We worked out the energy and solar side of a national model for eco industrial parks.

Uganda · 2023

E-MobilitySolar Savings

GIZ EV Charger

Wallbox EV charger installation

We installed a wall-mounted charger for electric vehicles at the GIZ country office.

Kampala, Uganda · 2023

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

GIZ office, Arua

Root-cause analysis and repair plan

We found out why an office solar system was underperforming and how to fix it.

Arua, Uganda · 2023

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

GIZ office, Nakasero

System analysis, repair and ongoing O&M

We found and fixed the faults in an office solar system, and we now keep it running.

Kampala, Uganda · 2023

Farms & AgribusinessSolar Savings

Misty Mountain Dairy Farm

50 kWp grid-tied PV

A dairy farm in Kapeeka now saves on refrigeration and pumping by running them on solar by day.

Kapeeka, Uganda · 2023

Hotels & LodgesBackup

Quality Hill Boutique Mall

95 kWp grid-tied PV across the complex

One set of solar systems now serves a hotel, a restaurant and a supermarket in the same complex.

Kampala, Uganda · 2023

Industry & ProcessingSolar Savings

Ranchers Finest

150 kWp grid-tied PV

Steady power for a Kampala meat processor that can't let the cold chain slip.

Kampala, Uganda · 2023

Industry & ProcessingBackup

Spouts of Water

75 kWp PV + 120 kWh battery

A maker of ceramic water filters now runs its daily production on solar.

Nakawuka, Uganda · 2023

Industry & ProcessingStudy and design

GIZ Tea Factories (Renergy)

RE and efficiency solutions, 7 tea factories

We planned renewable energy and efficiency measures for seven tea factories at once.

Uganda · 2022

Industry & ProcessingBackup

Jesa Farm Dairy

200 kWp PV with genset integration

At Uganda's largest independent dairy, solar now carries processing lines that run without a break.

Busunju, Uganda · 2022

Hospitals & ClinicsBackup

Lubaga Wastewater

7 kWp PV + 3.5 kWh supercapacitor

Solar now runs a wastewater treatment pilot inside a working hospital.

Kampala, Uganda · 2022

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

National Water and Sewerage Corporation, feasibility study

National borehole solarisation roadmap

We drew up a national roadmap for moving water boreholes onto solar pumping.

Uganda · 2022

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

Radio Pacis

Design of PV plant extension up to 500 kWp

We designed the extension of a radio station's solar plant in Arua.

Arua, Uganda · 2022

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

RENAC/UIBFS Training Visit

Site training for green banking participants

We turned a working solar plant into a classroom for bankers.

Kigo, Uganda · 2022

Institutions & DevelopmentBackup

Toro Babies Home

5 kWp PV + 3.5 kWh battery

A small solar system keeping the lights and phones on at a children's home.

Fort Portal, Uganda · 2022

Hotels & LodgesSolar Savings

Yujo Izakaya Restaurant

35 kWp grid-tied PV

A Kampala restaurant now pays less for its kitchen and cooling thanks to rooftop solar.

Kampala, Uganda · 2022

Institutions & DevelopmentStudy and design

GIZ IRC Site Assessments

Load assessments and RE design, 10 sites

We measured power use at ten sites and matched each one with a renewable energy solution.

Uganda · 2021

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

GIZ Kololo Office

Load assessment and solar backup design

We took an office solar backup from site survey to a specification ready for tender.

Kampala, Uganda · 2021

Institutions & DevelopmentStudy and design

GIZ UNHCR Economic Feasibility

Economic feasibility, UNHCR sites

We worked out whether solar makes economic sense at the UNHCR sites.

Uganda · 2021

Institutions & DevelopmentStudy and design

GIZ UNHCR Site Assessments

Load and site assessments, 7 UNHCR sites

We assessed power use and site conditions at seven refugee settlement sites.

Uganda · 2021

Hotels & LodgesSolar Savings

Kigo Hotel (Aquarius Resort)

28 kWp grid-tied PV

A lakeside resort south of Kampala now uses its own solar power through the day.

Kigo, Uganda · 2021

Hospitals & ClinicsBackup

Naggalama Hospital extension

22 kWp PV + 21 kWh supercapacitor

This was the first hospital backup of this size in Uganda to use supercapacitor storage.

Naggalama, Uganda · 2021

Hospitals & ClinicsSolar Savings

Buluba Hospital

12 kWp grid-tied PV

We built this rural mission hospital's system together with its sister site at Naggalama.

Buluba, Uganda · 2019

Hospitals & ClinicsSolar Savings

Naggalama Hospital

12 kWp grid-tied PV

This first system at Naggalama started a long working relationship with the hospital.

Naggalama, Uganda · 2019

Offices, media and otherStudy and design

National Water and Sewerage Corporation

Solar suitability assessment, water sector

We took a first look at where solar could work across National Water's infrastructure.

Uganda · 2019

Industry & ProcessingStudy and design

Tea factories (IDPP programme)

Multi-site feasibility and concept design

Our early work with tea factories led on to later programmes in the sector.

Uganda · 2019

Farms & AgribusinessBackup

Fisheries research site, Kisumu

15 kWp PV + 30 kWh battery

Our first project outside Uganda combined four sources of power at one site.

Kisumu, Kenya · 2018

Hospitals & ClinicsBackup

Lubaga Hospital extension

Additional 20 kWp PV, with battery backup for critical loads

Two years later, a second phase added more solar and a lifeline for the critical wards.

Kampala, Uganda · 2018

Hotels & LodgesStudy and design

Pope Paul VI Memorial Hotel

Solar feasibility and load assessment

We studied the power use at a Kampala hotel and worked out what solar could do for it.

Kampala, Uganda · 2017

Hospitals & ClinicsSolar Savings

Lubaga Hospital

52 kWp grid-tied PV

The first solar system at this Kampala mission hospital cut its daytime power bill.

Kampala, Uganda · 2016

Schools & CampusesBackup

UCMTI

12 kWp PV + 3.5 kWh battery

One of our first installations for an institution is still running years later.

Kampala, Uganda · 2016