Manufacturing & Industry

Cut energy costs. Protect production.

Factories, processing plants and cold-chain operations run on thin margins. Energy is one of the largest controllable costs — and grid unreliability in Uganda can halt production at critical moments. We design hybrid solar systems that deliver captive power, reduce diesel dependency, and integrate cleanly with existing gensets.

Manufacturing & Industry solar energy — Equator Solar
1,400+ kWp Installed across manufacturing clients

1,400+ kWp

Installed across manufacturing clients

14 yrs

Operating in East Africa

4,074 kWp

Total solar installed

The challenge

What organisations in this sector face

1

Grid electricity is expensive and unreliable — a double problem for shift-based production

2

Diesel generators are the fallback, but fuel costs and maintenance are a significant overhead

3

Solar without proper integration causes more problems than it solves on industrial loads

4

Thermal processes, compressors, and motors require careful system sizing and harmonic control

Delivered projects

Real installations. Real outcomes.

Manufacturing & Industry2024

Kyamuhunga Tea Company

500 kWp PV + 200 kWh battery

Bushenyi, Uganda

Large-scale hybrid solar for a tea processing factory. Solar covers daytime production load; battery covers peak demand and generator transition.

Manufacturing & Industry

Jesa Farm Dairy

200 kWp PV — hybrid grid + genset

Uganda

Industrial solar PV integrating solar with existing grid and diesel genset for continuous cold chain and dairy processing.

Manufacturing & Industry

Sumz Food

250 kWp PV

Uganda

Grid-connected captive power for a food processing company, significantly reducing grid electricity costs.

Manufacturing & Industry

Jambo Roses

200 kWp PV + 200 kWh battery

Uganda

Solar and battery for a large flower farm, covering irrigation pumping, cold storage, and pack-house operations.

Our approach

How we size and deliver a system for your sector

01

Energy audit

We start by measuring your actual loads. 7–30 days of data logging gives us the load profile we need to size a system correctly for your operations.

02

System design

We design a hybrid system — solar, battery, grid or genset — that matches your load profile, budget, and operational requirements. No guesswork.

03

Installation & O&M

Our team installs and commissions the system. Ongoing O&M contracts ensure performance is maintained for the full system lifetime.

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