Welcome to FRES. We provide affordable solar electricity to more than 20,000 families and businesses in rural Africa through our network of energy-as-a-service companies under local management.
Exploring rural electrification with Ugandan Embassy
A delegation of the Uganda Embassy in Brussels honored FRES in November 2021 by visiting to our headoffice in Amsterdam.…
A decade of minigrid electricity and still going strong
Training local staff to maintain the quality of our solar installations is one of the strengths of FRES. Look at…
Nanogrid for business and households in Bobo-Dioulasso
Issa Sawadogo is a shop owner in the suburbs of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, selling yoghurt and cooled drinks. For his…
FRES in numbers
More information on FRES’ performance and impact can be found in our Annual Report 2019
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20873
households and bisunesses powered
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8522
tons CO2 saved yearly
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2820
kWp electricity produced
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634
direct and indirect jobs created
More information on FRES’ performance and impact can be found in our Annual Report 2019
“With nearly half of our customer base made up of professional customers such as small businesses, manufacturers and schools, we have become a major driver of rural economic development.”
General Manager FRES Uganda