Great Lakes Energy

Type of business| Private
Founded| March 21, 2002 (2002-03-21)
Headquarters|

Kigali

Rwanda

Area served| Rwanda
Founder(s)| Sam Dargan
Industry| Energy
Commercial| Yes
Current status| Active

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.[1][2]

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[buzzword] for rural households in Rwanda.[3]

In 2014 Great Lakes Energy partnered with Global Bright Light Foundation [4] to distribute sun king lamps to refugees in the UNHCR Kiziba[5] refugee camp in Rwanda.[6]

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

## Health clinics powered by GLE

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* Gikomero
* Mukuyu
* Nyange
* Nyarugenge HC
* Massoro HC

## C&I scale done by GLE

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* 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

## See also

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* Solar power in Africa
* Energy in Rwanda
* Off-the-grid
* Renewable energy in Africa

## References

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1. ^ "change makers". Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
2. ^ "efc". 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012.
3. ^ "gle website". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
4. ^ "Global Bright Light Foundation".
5. ^ "UNHCR Kiziba Refugee Camp".
6. ^ "darkness was gone". HuffPost. 2 December 2014.

## External links

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* (Affiliated Website)