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Les Anglais Community Microgrid

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations10
System facts33
Sources reviewed10
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

EarthSpark's Les Anglais microgrid is an operating solar-battery-diesel utility that grew from a 14-customer clean-energy pilot in 2012 into a town-scale smart grid. The rebuilt 2019 configuration centers on 93.3 kWp of PV, a 100 kW power-electronic hub, 205.5 kWh of Samsung lithium-ion storage, and a 30 kW Cummins diesel set. EarthSpark now reports more than 500 connected homes and businesses; the most detailed operating factsheet reports 471 connections, 37 streetlights, and average use of 250–325 kWh/day in July 2021.

Research status
Operating. The original 2015 grid was heavily damaged by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, including destruction of the distribution network and about 40% of its PV modules, while its core power electronics and battery survived. The project was relaunched in 2018 and received a new battery and power-electronics configuration in June 2019 for 24/7 service. EarthSpark's current site lists Les Anglais as operating, but no newer audited reliability, fuel-share, or battery-health dataset was found.
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
100 kW
Coordinates
18.30595, -74.21940
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Les Anglais Community Microgrid?

10 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

EarthSpark

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

EarthSpark International

Nonprofit project developer, technical-assistance provider, and principal public reporter [6][7][8]

Organization

EKo Pwòp

Initial clean-energy retail and micro-utility platform that launched the 2012 pilot [7]

Organization

Enèji Pwòp S.A.

Haitian microgrid operations company and local EarthSpark affiliate responsible for electricity service [6][7]

Organization

Les Anglais Energy Committee

Local governance and community liaison for the microgrid [7]

Organization

SparkMeter

Provider of prepaid smart metering, remote power limits, time-varying tariffs, and grid analytics; the company originated from EarthSpark's metering work [7][6]

Organization

USAID

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

USAID Powering Agriculture

Major grant supporter for expansion of the Les Anglais grid and productive-use development [7]

Organization

ZeroBase

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

ZeroBase Energy

Integrator of the original modular solar-storage-diesel power plant and smart-grid controls [9]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
100 [1]
KW Gas/Diesel
30 [1]
Storage
400 KWH [1]
Solar capacity
93.3 kWp in the rebuilt system; ZeroBase describes the original 2015 modular plant as 90 kW [7][9]
Power-electronic hub
100 kW nameplate [7][9]
Battery storage
205.5 kWh total and 164.4 kWh usable in the 2019 system; EarthSpark sometimes rounds the total to 208 kWh. The original 2015 plant had approximately 400–410 kWh [7][9]
Diesel backup
30 kW emergency / 27 kW prime, 37.5 / 33.8 kVA, 480 V, 60 Hz [7]
Distribution network
7.2/12.47 kV medium voltage and 120/240 V split-phase low voltage, with approximately 1.3 km of MV and 4.5 km of LV line [7]
Peak customer demand
Approximately 40 kW, excluding battery charging [7]
Average daily consumption
250–325 kWh/day in the July 2021 operating snapshot [7]
PV production
Best effective noon output approximately 70 kW and nominal peak daily generation approximately 420 kWh [7]
Connections and lighting
471 customer connections and 37 streetlights in July 2021; EarthSpark's current overview reports more than 500 homes and businesses [7][6]
Service availability
The detailed July 2021 snapshot reports 90% uptime, while the same factsheet markets greater than 98% reliability. These appear to use different periods or definitions and should not be collapsed into one figure [7]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Photovoltaic modules

SolarWorld — Sunmodule SW250 Poly

239 modules in the rebuilt 360-module array [7]

02

Photovoltaic modules

SolarWorld — Sunmodule SW260 Poly

61 modules in the rebuilt array [7]

03

Photovoltaic modules

SolarWorld — Sunmodule Plus SW295 Mono

60 modules in the rebuilt array [7]

04

Battery storage

Samsung — 22SIPs / ELPM762-00007/E2-M076

Nickel-manganese-cobalt lithium-ion system rated 205.5 kWh total and 164.4 kWh usable [7]

05

Diesel generator

Cummins — C30D6

Emergency backup set rated 30 kW emergency and 27 kW prime [7]

06

Hybrid power system

ZeroBase Energy

Original modular 100 kW solar-storage-diesel plant and integration package commissioned in 2015; later battery and power electronics were reconfigured in 2019 [9][7]

07

Customer metering

SparkMeter

Prepaid smart meters providing remote monitoring, tariff control, dynamic power limits, and theft/loss analytics [7][6]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • Management

    The SparkMeter microgrid metering system enables utilities to implement pre-payment as well as real-time monitoring and control on microgrids and central grids alike. [1]

  • Management

    First prepay microgrid in Haiti [1]

  • Management

    100 KW Power Management Hub [1]

  • Storage

    400 KW battery storage [1]

  • Generation

    300 solar PV panels on a ground-mount array. [1]

  • Generation

    72 solar PV panels on the roofs of the market structures. [1]

  • Development timeline

    EKo Pwòp began with 14 customers in 2012 and reached 54 by October 2013; the town-scale system opened in June 2015 with approximately 430 customers. [7]

  • Hurricane damage

    Hurricane Matthew destroyed the distribution grid and roughly 40% of the PV array in October 2016, but the protected battery and core power electronics survived. [8][7]

  • Reconstruction

    The service relaunched in 2018. New power electronics and the current Samsung battery arrangement entered operation in June 2019, enabling 24-hour service and street lighting. [7]

  • Dispatch and energy mix

    Solar supplies daytime loads and charges the battery; stored energy extends service after sunset, while the 30 kW diesel generator provides emergency and low-renewable backup. No current audited annual solar/diesel percentage is public. [7][9]

  • Tariffs and load management

    SparkMeter supports prepaid service, time-varying prices, remotely adjustable customer power limits, usage analytics, and loss/theft detection, allowing the utility to manage scarcity without flat rolling blackouts. [7]

  • Customer economics

    EarthSpark's current overview says grid electricity can cost customers up to 80% less than the kerosene, candles, phone charging, and other prior energy services it displaces; this is a comparative claim, not a published current tariff schedule. [6]

  • Reliability interpretation

    The detailed 90% availability figure and headline greater-than-98% reliability claim likely represent different reporting windows or metrics. The underlying factsheet does not reconcile them. [7]

Provenance

10 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
    Sparkmeter

    sparkmeter.io · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  3. [3]
    EarthsparkInternational

    earthsparkinternational.org · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  4. [4]
    Microgrid Media

    microgridmedia.com · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  5. [5]
    How the developing world is reinventing the grid

    microgridmedia.com · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  6. [6]
    Microgrid Electricity in Haiti

    EarthSpark International · Primary source

  7. [7]
    Les Anglais Microgrid Factsheet

    EarthSpark International · Primary source

  8. [8]
  9. [9]
    Haiti Case Study

    ZeroBase Energy · Primary source

  10. [10]
    Les Anglais Haiti Microgrid (archived legacy record)

    Microgrid Projects / Internet Archive · Archived source

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