Case Studies

See how Zonke Energy are providing clean, reliable energy to low-income families in South Africa through their solar mini-grid solution.

See how Enee.io are improving access to affordable and reliable energy in Nigeria, tackling challenges of unreliable grids and the reliance on polluting diesel generators.

See how MoPo are disrupting energy poverty in Nigeria.

Charm Impact is an early-stage debt provider for locally owned, clean energy companies in emerging economies.

In Malawi over 88% of the population are not connected to the national grid. Refgas with support from Energy Catalyst is developing a modular and mobile biomass gasification and gas compression system.

Though Kenya has a strong electricity supply, a large part of the population is off-grid during the day meaning access to clean fuel can be difficult.

Solveteq, a spin-out company from Imperial College London is developing a solvent-based technology for lead-acid battery recycling that will eliminate the smelting step within the recycling process, radically reducing energy consumption, operating costs, toxic emissions and waste.

In Kenya, where around 40% of the population are not connected to grid electricity, SteamaCo is working to provide a smart-meter powered solution.

Straw Innovations is working to reduce methane emissions from rice fields by enabling waste rice straw to be harvested and used as a source of clean energy.

Upya is working to enable low-income customers in developing countries to access solar products, while also giving sellers confidence that their customers will pay.

Inclusive Energy’s ‘Smart Biogas’ is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that monitors in real-time a large number of geographically dispersed household or institutional biogas digesters at a minimal cost.

Mobile Power‘s pay-per-use battery sharing platform provides flexible and affordable energy access for sub-Saharan African households.

Zonke Energy is a South African Company that aims to provide innovative, safe, and scalable renewable energy solutions to informal settlements and markets not served by the national grid.

Uganda-based company Aptech Africa’s ‘Pay-n-Pump’ is a solar PV-powered pump that offers an affordable irrigation solution to low-income subsistence farmers hitherto unable to afford high-cost solar systems.

Cranfield University is testing a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) device that could reduce pollution in Indian homes, schools, and canteens by replacing traditional cooking methods with the heat from concentrated sunlight.

Steamology aims to deliver scalable and modular solutions for industrial steam heat and power by embracing the hydrogen economy. It will eliminate emissions and thereby help foster the transition away from fossil fuels.

Globally, the biogas sector is undergoing a resurgence, and it is an important part of a mix of cooking technologies needed to bridge the clean cooking access gap.

Solar Polar uses solar thermal-powered absorption refrigeration to make affordable low-watt cooling units that can be used for air conditioning, vaccine fridges and agricultural storage.

QUBE designs, manufactures and sells products based on anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies which have the potential to provide clean energy whilst effectively disposing of waste.