Winch Energy

A mini-grid developer that builds solar and battery mini-grids on its own Remote Power Unit technology, which ranges from 10 kW to 110 kW with 40 kWh to 384 kWh of storage. On 29 January 2021 it closed USD 16 million of limited-recourse financing for mini-grid sites in Uganda's Lamwo district and in Sierra Leone's Tonkolili, Koinadugu and Bombali districts, which it says will supply clean energy to over 60,000 people across the two countries, and added 6,000 portable batteries to extend coverage. Africa Energy reported in November 2022 that three mini-grids were commissioned in the Sierra Leone villages of Alikalia, Kondebaya and Sambia-Bendugu. Its undated Lamwo page describes collaboration with Uganda's government and EU/GIZ support; neither the 2021 announcement nor that page establishes present uptime or completed delivery against all original targets.