About us
Rwanda
Our 8.5 MW field in the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village increased Rwanda’s electricity generation by 6%.
Burundi
Our 7.5 MW field in Burundi has been in operation since April 2021 and provides over 10% of the country’s electricity.
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Georgia, USA
Our 22.5 MW solar field in Glynn County, Georgia has been operational since 2016.
Nigeria
135 MW of solar PV in Bauchi province in the North of the country is awaiting the final approval to start construction.
Kenya
We are developing two grid-scale solar PV plants in Kenya. They are located in Narok and Kwale county.
South Sudan
As they transition to renewables, S. Sudan’s first solar installation will be our 10MW solar PV + storage project in the capital, Juba, in advanced stages of development.
Zambia
We are developing Zambia’s first hybrid solar PV and Wind Farm in the center of the country adding 71 MW to their energy pool.
Mozambique
We are developing 15 MW solar PV in Niassa province in the North of Mozambique to get renewable energy to the newly developed grid.
Liberia
We are developing a 20MW solar project in Montserrado county. This project is slated to be the first IPP in the greater Monrovia area.
Ethiopia
We are developing 10 solar and wind projects, each 10 MW in size at 10 different university campuses across the country.
Mini-Grids, Burundi
Roughly 86% of Burundians live in rural areas and a mere 1% of them have access to electricity. We have made feasibility studies for 14 villages across Burundi to electrify them. We also implemented a solar street lighting program in several cities in the country.
Palestinian Authority
We have received our first licence for a grid-connected solar project in the PA. This 6 MW solar PV project is located in Ramadeen south of Hebron. More projects are awaiting approval.
Our Partners
It takes a global village to raise a solar revolution
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Our Team
Howie Rodenstein
Weldon Turner
Josef Abramowitz
Aryeh Green
Dr. Hanna Helena Klein
Chana Abrams
Michael Fichtenberg
Mandy Efrati
Joel Abrams
Dr. Gershon Baskin
Patrick Nzitunga
Eran Blumberg
Shoshi Harari
Akiva Turner
Full bios of our entire team can be found here:
NEWS
Multinational effort brings first solar field to Burundi
7.5 MW utility-scale power plant increases East African country’s generation capacity by more than 10% on the eve of COP26 Gitega, Burundi – 25 October 2021: A multinational effort to bring solar power to Burundi has been realized with the commercial operation of the country’s first-ever solar field. The pioneering 7.5 MW solar PV plant[…]
Gigawatt Global Burundi Named EEP Africa Project of the Year
From feasibility study to 25-year PPA in Burundi An international jury of experts selected Gigawatt Global as the 2020 EEP Africa Project of the Year for its 7.5 MW grid-connected solar PV plant in the Gitega province of Burundi. Gigawatt Global has secured a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Government of Burundi[…]
Gigawatt Global Begins Full Construction on Burundi’s First Private-Sector, Grid-Connected Solar Field
Gigawatt Global’s 7.5MW solar plant in Burundi to become first grid-connected project supported by REPP to begin full construction UK government-funded REPP set to continue support for country’s first private-sector grid-connected solar project with construction bridge loan London, 23 January 2020: Gigawatt Global’s 7.5MW solar plant in Burundi is to become the first grid-connected project[…]
Backing Kenya’s Solar Potential
Nairobi, Kenya: InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed convertible loan agreements with frontier developer Gigawatt Global; committing a total of US$2.2m to the development of the Samburu Solar and Transmara Solar projects, respectively. Each with a capacity of 10 MWAC, the sister facilities will generate clean, reliable electricity in some of the[…]
How Africa’s fastest solar power project is lighting up Rwanda
By David Smith, Rwamagana, Rwanda: The Guardian East African plant is completed in less than a year – creating jobs and setting the country on the path to providing half its population with electricity by 2017 “Arise, shine for your light has come,” reads a sign at the entrance to the first major solar power[…]
Movement in Nigeria’s PV market as PPAs get signed
BY: SAM POTHECARY PV Magazine 05. JULY 2016 Power purchase agreements for as much as 975 MW of solar PV have been signed between Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc. and a number of PV developers, one of which plans to develop a total of 1 GW of PV within the country. The agreements have been signed[…]
World’s Youngest Country to Tap Solar Amid Teetering Peace Deal
2016-07-20 11:10:07.503 GMT By Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg) — Gigawatt Global Cooperatief UA, an Amsterdam-based renewable-energy developer, is working on South Sudan’s first solar project even as the country’s cease-fire teeters. The world’s youngest country, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, struck a peace deal in August after a two- year civil war. Sitting atop[…]
One Year Later: Solar Activity in Africa Takes Off
East Africa: Spate of New Investments in East Africa’s Solar Energy By Scola Kamau Every day, at her stall where she makes and sells French fries in Kawangware, a low-income estate west of Nairobi, Jane Mmbone charges her solar panel using the sun’s rays. The panel is connected to a battery which transmits energy to[…]
Burundi’s Solar Plans Forge Ahead Despite Political Unrest
By David Smith Tuesday, Oct 6 2015 Mubuga, Burundi — As violence erupts in the capital, plans for the country’s first major solar plant bring hope to thousands whose lives will be transformed by electricity. When entrepreneurs and government ministers signed a deal for the first major solar power plant in Burundi, the future[…]
Power in Africa Award — Photo of the Year
At the inaugural presentation of the EnergyNet Power in Africa Awards at the Africa Energy Forum in Dubai, Gigawatt Global took home first prize for this beautiful sepia shot from the construction of the Rwanda field. Photo by Ido Herman Submitted by Chaim Motzen