Sigora Haiti – The power is yours

THE SIGORA UTILITY

We put the power in your hands, so that you can build a better Haiti.

CLEAN

Household electricity displaces unhealthy alternatives like kerosene that are harmful to people and planet, at a fraction of the cost. Our hybrid grids incorporate solar and wind to help Haiti achieve its CO2 emission targets.

RELIABLE

24/7 electricity powers daily life without restrictions, from homes, to businesses, to industry. Energy is AC 120V, 240V, and 480V tailored to the needs of each customer and suitable for existing appliances. .

FAIRLY-PRICED

Pay-as-you-go energy with no monthly minimum spend means everyone gets connected - no customer is too small. Flexible payment options include mobile money, online purchases, and direct street vendor kWh purchases.

About us

Energy that is good for people and planet.

UTILITY-MANAGEMENT ENGINEERED FOR FRONTIER MARKETS

It didn’t exist, so we built it. Our fully-vertically integrated utility–management platform streamlines bill collection, defends against energy theft, increases operational efficiency for improved service delivery and leverages existing infrastructure for rural internet access.

LOCAL EXPERTISE

Over 90% of our staff hail from the local community and are trained in-house. From carrying out community assessments, to developing generation and transmission plans, construction and O&M, our teams are making clean, reliable, and fairly-priced energy a reality in Haiti’s most remote regions.

TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE RETURNS

Our customers get 24/7 productive energy at a cost that is less than what they are paying per kWh for alternatives like candles and kerosene. Local governments are able to fulfill their pledge to electrify their constituencies. And investors get bankable returns.

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THE SIGORA SOLUTION

Integrated utility-management for the last mile.

Conventional utility-management systems are not suited to the conditions that have prevented 1.3 billion people from connecting to modern electricity. By re-imagining what a meter can do, Sigora makes it possible for utilities large and small to build bankable grids in unconnected and underserved communities.

News

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WHERE WE STARTED

We connected our first customer, the Mole-St-Nicolas Public Clinic, in December 2015. In under 12 months, we developed, engineered, and financed our first micro-grid. Today, Sigora operates one interconnected grid network spanning over four municipalities and one pico-grid, with a further grid under construction, providing clean, reliable, and affordable power to over 30,000 people under a 25-year power supplier contract with the municipalities.

WHERE WE'RE GOING

Sigora has signed and has ratified agreements to bring power to four communes and the surrounding areas in Haiti’s Northwest department. Over the next years, Sigora plans to connect 35,000 accounts, ultimately benefiting 150,000 people with clean, reliable, and fairly-priced power.

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Access to electricity is crucial for almost all aspects of human and economic development. The right of all people to access affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity that elevates living standards while promoting economic growth, preserving natural resources, and mitigating and adapting to climate change has been widely recognized.

- United Nations’ Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) -

awards & recognition

BEST MICROGRID 2017 - CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM

Sigora Haiti’s Môle-Saint-Nicolas microgrid was awarded “Best Microgrid Project” at the 9th Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF), the largest annual gathering of the Caribbean renewable energy market in October 2017. The CREF awards, a collaboration between New Energy Events and Rocky Mountain Institute - Carbon War Room, recognize the most innovative and financially compelling renewable energy projects in the region, many of which are the first of their kind either on their island or in the wider Caribbean.

AFFORDABLE ACCESS INITIATIVE 2017 - MICROSOFT

Sigora International is one of 10 winners of the 2017 Microsoft Airband Initiative, formerly the Affordable Access Initiative, which recognizes innovative businesses that are developing technologies, services, and business models that help billions of people affordably get online and gain access to energy.

IMPACT

Energy is part of every human endeavor, initiative, and invention. Access to reliable electricity improves health outcomes, boosts productivity and economic activity, which in turn creates opportunities for jobs and incomes. We've adopted a lean data-driven approach to tracking our impact in communities, drawing on research from the World Bank (WB), the Energy Sector Management Program (ESMAP), the Global Impact Investor Network (GIIN) and the Glogal Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA). Find out how access to good quality, reliable, convenient, affordable and safe energy is changing lives in Haiti’s Northwest.