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Great Lakes Energy

FieldValue
nameGreat Lakes Energy
logoGreat Lakes energy logo2.png
company_typePrivate
foundation
founderSam Dargan
location_cityKigali
location_countryRwanda
area_servedRwanda
industryEnergy
current_statusActive
commercialYes

Great Lakes Energy is a Solar EPC company founded by Sam Dargan in 2005. The company is headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda and primarily serves the East African market. The company is specialized in on-grid and off-grid solar energy systems. For the past decade, the company has immersed in understanding and solving the energy challenges of those in East Africa. Today we use that knowledge and experience to design, build, and maintain solar power systems that are more reliable, more sustainable, and more affordable. The company provides non-governmental organizations, hospitals, and schools with optimized photovoltaic systems. The company has specialized in retrofitting existing off-grid PV solar system designs with optimized versions. In the past, the company has also provided jobs for training local Rwandans on how to engineer and install these systems. The company also has provided training to other social entrepreneurs learning to operate in Africa.

Great Lakes Energy became the distributor for Sun King lamps by Green Light Energy in 2013 allowing it to provide off the shelf sustainable lighting solutions for rural households in Rwanda.

In 2014 Great Lakes Energy partnered with Global Bright Light Foundation to distribute sun king lamps to refugees in the UNHCR Kiziba refugee camp in Rwanda.

In 2016 Great Lakes Energy became the official distributor of Victron Energy https://www.victronenergy.com/

Health clinics powered by GLE

  • Gikomero
  • Mukuyu
  • Nyange
  • Nyarugenge HC
  • Massoro HC

C&I scale done by GLE

  • 283KWp at KTF concept, Bujumbura-Burundi
  • 100KWp at Norrsken Kigali House
  • 60KWp at Hope Haven School
  • 100KWp re-install at King Faisal Hospital
  • 35KWp at the Retreat

References

References

  1. "change makers".
  2. (10 December 2010). "efc".
  3. "gle website".
  4. "Global Bright Light Foundation".
  5. "UNHCR Kiziba Refugee Camp".
  6. (2 December 2014). "darkness was gone".
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