KE-024
Nyandarua Mini-Grid
KenyaRooftop & community grid serving four trading centers north of Nairobi.
- Capacity
- 1.4 MW
- Served
- 3,200
- Status
- Operating
Solar project management · 14 markets · since 2014
Solar infrastructure,
built with local partners,
delivered where the grid forgot.
Helios Vanta designs, builds and operates distributed solar across emerging markets — mini-grids, rooftop arrays, and cold-chain installations managed end-to-end with local partners.
FIELD NOTE · LAIKIPIA, KENYA
36.45°E · 0.36°N
Projects delivered
47
across 14 markets
Operating capacity
182 MW
distributed solar
People served
1.4M
first-time grid access
Uptime guarantee
98%
asset-level monitoring
01 — Thesis
The next gigawatt is local, distributed, and unglamorous.
Roughly 685 million people still live without reliable electricity. They are not waiting for a transmission line — they are waiting for a partner who can deliver a 1.4 MW mini-grid in Laikipia, a cold-chain rooftop in Dhaka, a clinic array in Cusco.
We work alongside local developers who already know the ground, the regulators, and the households. We provide the project management discipline, the technical oversight, and the operational rigour to take projects from concept to commissioning — then keep them running for decades.
- Average build time
- 8–14 months
- Contracts managed
- EPC + O&M
- Project size
- 200 kW – 5 MW
02 — Portfolio
Three of the forty-seven projects under our management.
BD-011
Sundarbans Riverside Array
BangladeshOff-grid array supplying cold storage and irrigation cooperatives.
- Capacity
- 820 kW
- Served
- 1,850
- Status
- Operating
PE-007
Cusco Clinic Network
PeruDistributed rooftop systems powering rural healthcare infrastructure.
- Capacity
- 460 kW
- Served
- 12 clinics
- Status
- Operating
03 — Approach
A project firm, deliberately. Built for the long term, not the quick flip.
A
Originate locally
We work with developers who have spent a decade on the ground — not consultancies parachuting in for a handover.
B
Design rigorously
Every project is engineered for its specific terrain, load profile, and regulatory environment before a single panel is ordered.
C
Operate transparently
Generation, maintenance and uptime are monitored asset-by-asset and reported to clients every month in a single dashboard.
05 — Get in touch
We partner with governments, NGOs, and private clients to deliver solar infrastructure at scale.
Request a project assessment, a capability statement, or a 30-minute call with our team.