Manufacturing
Kyamuhunga Tea Company
Large-scale hybrid solar for a tea processing facility. Solar covers daytime production load; battery manages peak demand and genset transitions.
Bushenyi, Uganda
500 kWp + 200 kWh
Solar PV SolutionsThat Pay Off
Equator Solar designs, builds, and maintains full energy systems for commercial and industrial operations across East Africa — solar PV, battery storage, monitoring and controls. We assess before we specify.
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Trusted by private sector clients, UN agencies and development organisations
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Focus sectors
Find your sector. Understand your solution.
Core service
Solar PV Installation
Full-cycle C&I solar PV systems from site assessment through engineering, installation and commissioning. Grid-connected, hybrid and off-grid from 20 kWp to 500 kWp+.
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Why it matters
Solar PV that works for your operation — not just your roof.
Commercial solar in Uganda delivers payback in 3–5 years with IRR of 18–28%. With grid reliability below 70% in many industrial areas, and genset fuel costing $0.35–0.50 per kWh, solar PV is no longer a sustainability decision — it is competitive infrastructure. We size every system to your load profile, not a catalogue specification.
18–28%
Internal rate of return
3–5 yrs
Typical payback period
<70%
Uganda grid uptime (typical)
40–60%
Reduction in fuel costs
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Sectors we serve with this solution
Project References
Sample projects — Solar PV Installation
Manufacturing
Jesa Farm Dairy
Industrial solar PV with grid and genset integration for a dairy factory, ensuring continuous cold chain and processing operations.
Uganda
200 kWp hybrid
Agriculture
Ranchers (U) Ltd
Grid-connected solar PV for a large-scale livestock operation, reducing diesel dependency and operational energy costs.
Uganda
120 kWp
Project finance
Financing Solutions
Energy performance contracts, green lending, and development finance structures — making C&I solar bankable for commercial clients, NGOs and development finance institutions across East Africa.
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Why it matters
Capital constraints should not block energy efficiency.
Solar PV delivers 18–28% IRR and 3–5 year payback — but upfront capital remains a barrier. Equator Solar structures projects to match your budget: traditional EPC, energy performance contracts where savings fund the system, and green lending through our finance partners. We prepare DFI-ready documentation for clients seeking development finance or green bonds.
EPC
Turnkey procurement model
EPCA
Energy performance contracts
DFI-ready
Documentation standard
Stanbic / GRIPS
Finance partners
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Sectors we serve with this solution
Project References
Sample projects — Financing Solutions
Development
GIZ Uganda — PREEP Programme
Structured finance and feasibility study for eco industrial park solar under GIZ's Private Sector Economic Development programme.
Uganda
Eco Industrial Parks model
Health
Corsu Hospital
Structured solar-plus-storage project for a major rehabilitation hospital — engineered to development finance documentation standards.
Entebbe, Uganda
100 kWp + 120 kWh
Humanitarian
UNICEF / Ministry of Health
Bankable solar specifications and financial models for 250 health centres across Uganda under national healthcare electrification programme.
Nationwide, Uganda
250 health centres
Advisory services
Energy Audits & Consulting
Load profiling, grid reliability assessment, financial modelling and bankable feasibility studies. Clients include GIZ, UNICEF, UNHCR, SNV and Heifer International.
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Why it matters
We audit before we specify. Every time.
Most solar quotes are based on assumptions. Ours are based on 7–30 day load monitoring, grid reliability assessment and financial modelling against your specific consumption profile. We produce documentation that works for internal approvals, board decisions and development finance institutions — not just a sales proposal.
7–30 days
Load monitoring period
IRR + NPV
Financial models produced
DFI-ready
Documentation standard
3–6 months
Typical study timeline
Sectors
Sectors we serve with this solution
Project References
Sample projects — Energy Audits & Consulting
Development
GIZ Uganda (PREEP)
Energy audit and solar feasibility study for eco industrial park development under GIZ's Private Sector Economic Development programme.
Uganda
Eco Industrial Parks model
Humanitarian
UNICEF / Ministry of Health
Energy assessment and solar specification for 250 health centres across Uganda — supporting national healthcare electrification programme.
Nationwide, Uganda
250 health centres
NGO
Heifer International
Energy audit and solar feasibility for smallholder farmer cooperatives and agricultural processing facilities across East Africa.
East Africa
Multi-site feasibility
Ongoing operations
Operations & Maintenance
Remote monitoring, automated fault detection and scheduled preventive maintenance across Uganda. Long-term O&M contracts from 1 to 5 years with emergency response SLAs.
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Why it matters
We built it. We run it. You produce.
Solar systems degrade 0.5–1% per year without proper maintenance. Inverter faults go undetected. String losses accumulate silently. Equator Solar's O&M service covers remote SCADA monitoring, quarterly preventive maintenance, annual performance reviews against baseline, and emergency response across Uganda within 48 hours.
Quarterly
Preventive maintenance visits
Annual
Performance vs. baseline report
48h
Emergency response SLA
0.5–1%/yr
Degradation prevented
Sectors
Sectors we serve with this solution
Project References
Sample projects — Operations & Maintenance
Manufacturing
Kyamuhunga Tea Company — O&M
Full-service O&M covering SCADA monitoring, quarterly preventive maintenance and annual performance reporting for 500 kWp system.
Bushenyi, Uganda
3-year O&M contract
Health
Corsu Hospital — O&M
Long-term O&M for hospital solar-plus-storage with priority emergency response SLA and monthly system reporting.
Entebbe, Uganda
5-year O&M contract
Communication
Next Media Park — O&M
Ongoing maintenance and monitoring for the NBS TV hybrid solar and battery system at Kampala's major media campus.
Kampala, Uganda
1-year renewable contract
Technology Partners
German engineering. East African execution.
NEXIRA
Kassel, Germany
Strategic technology partner providing solar PV hardware, inverter systems and technical certification support for our commercial and industrial projects across East Africa.
renergy consulting
Ettenheim, Germany
Consulting partner specialising in project development, feasibility studies and green finance structuring for renewable energy projects in emerging markets.
Emerging solutions
E-Mobility & EV Charging Infrastructure
As Uganda's electric vehicle market develops, Equator Solar is positioning to deliver workplace and commercial EV charging solutions integrated with solar and battery — reducing fleet fuel costs and supporting the electric transition for commercial and institutional clients.
Solar-charged EV fleets and on-site charging posts deliver the lowest cost-per-km for commercial operations. We integrate EV charging into your energy system design from the outset, not as an afterthought.
Coming 2025–2026
Solar-integrated EV charging for commercial fleets and institutional campuses