Aerial view of Equator Solar engineers installing a rooftop solar power system at Kyamuhunga Tea Factory in Bushenyi, Uganda

Reliable Solar PowerBuilt to Last

We've built solar and battery systems for factories, hospitals, schools and hotels since 2011, across Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. We design them, install them, and stay on to look after them. Grid-tied, hybrid or fully off-grid, sized around what your site actually needs.

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Solar Projects

We build complete solar systems for manufacturers, hospitals, schools, farms and hotels, anywhere from 20 kWp up to 2 MWp and beyond. Grid-tied, hybrid with a diesel genset, or fully off-grid, whichever fits your site. Every one is properly designed, engineered and commissioned by our own team.

Equator Solar engineers commissioning a large rooftop solar power system at a tea factory in Uganda

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Solar power sized for your business.

Every outage costs you money. Products spoil, batches get scrapped, staff stand around waiting, and machines take a beating each time they restart. Diesel only makes it worse, and it keeps getting pricier. A well designed solar and battery system takes most of that off your plate. It carries your operation through the outages, cuts the diesel bill, and pays for itself in a few years. And before we design anything, we measure what you actually use, so nothing is left to guesswork.

20 to 30%

Return on investment

3 to 5 years

Payback

Under 70%

Uganda grid uptime

40 to 60%

Diesel cost cut

Service and Maintenance

We keep an eye on your solar and storage system remotely, catch the faults early, and come out for scheduled service. Contracts run from one to five years, with emergency response anywhere in Uganda.

Equator Solar technician on scheduled service visit at a rooftop solar power system in Uganda

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Service and Maintenance

We built it. We run it. You focus on your business.

A solar system that nobody watches tends to fail quietly. An inverter trips and no one notices, a string underperforms for months, a battery slowly drifts out of balance. So we keep an eye on yours every day. Remote monitoring flags the small faults before they cost you, scheduled visits keep the hardware healthy, and if something does break we come out fast. Your system just keeps making the power you paid for.

Daily

Remote monitoring

Scheduled

Service visits

Yearly

Performance report

48h

Emergency call-out

Consulting

We measure how you use power, look at how reliable your grid really is, build the financial model and produce feasibility studies that banks and funders actually accept. We have done this for GIZ, UNICEF, UNHCR, SNV and Heifer International.

Equator Solar consulting workshop with GIZ on solar and energy efficiency for industry in Uganda

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Consulting

We measure before we recommend. Every time.

Most solar quotes are guesswork, so we would rather measure first. For one to four weeks we track how much power you really use and how often your grid actually fails, then we build the numbers up from there. What you get back is a report your board, your bank and the development finance people can all stand behind.

1 to 4 weeks

Metered power logging

IRR, NPV, LCOE

Bankable financial models

3 to 6 months

Typical study timeline

GIZ, UNICEF, SNV

Trusted by DFIs and NGOs

E-Mobility

We equip EV charging stations with solar power and battery storage, and install chargers for institutions and development partners. Every project starts with a feasibility study, then the charger is connected to your solar system and energy management system. We build the charging infrastructure. We do not sell or operate vehicles.

Solar-powered charging point for an electric boda-boda fleet in Uganda

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E-Mobility

Charging infrastructure, powered by your own solar.

We build the charging infrastructure behind electric fleets, from boda-bodas and cars to trucks and cargo bicycles. Every project begins with a feasibility study, then the charger is connected to a dedicated solar and battery system and folded into the same energy management system that runs the rest of your installation. Universities, hotels, embassies and development partners are our typical clients. We build the infrastructure, we do not sell or operate vehicles.

Feasibility first

Fleet and site assessment

Solar and battery

Charged from your own PV

EMS integrated

One managed energy system

Institutional

Embassies, agencies and campuses

Financing Options

We help you pay for solar in whatever way suits your business. Buy it outright, let the savings cover it through an energy performance contract, or take a green loan through one of our finance partners. And for development finance clients, we put together the bankable documents.

Equator Solar and GIZ workshop on solar financing for private sector clients in Uganda

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Financing Options

Don't let upfront cost block a good investment.

A solar system for a business in Uganda pays back in three to five years. Usually the only thing standing in the way is the upfront cost. So we work out the right route with you: buy it outright, cover it from the monthly savings, or finance it with a green loan from a partner bank. For development finance clients, we prepare the documents banks and funders ask for.

Buy outright

Direct purchase, owned day one

Lease-to-own / PPA

Spread cost via finance partners

Bank or green loan

Including development-bank credit

Bank-ready docs

Feasibility studies lenders accept

Trusted by business, health and international clients across East Africa

Corsu Hospital
GIZ
Heifer International
IUEA
NWSC
Partnerschaft Gesunde Welt
SNV

Equipment partners

BYD
Canadian Solar
Deye
Fronius
Huawei Solar
Jinko Solar
Pylontech
SMA
Sungrow
Victron Energy

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