Latin America & Caribbean / Commercial & demonstration

Mole St. Nicholas Haiti Microgrid by Sigora Solar

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

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations5
System facts17
Sources reviewed10
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

Sigora's Môle-Saint-Nicolas system in northwest Haiti began as a stand-alone solar-diesel micro-utility and later became part of one interconnected network spanning Môle, Jean Rabel, Bombardopolis, and the Presqu'île/Savanne Môle area. The best site-specific 2018 record lists 208 kW solar, 200 kW diesel, 1,055 customer connections, and 24 km of lines at Môle. Broader pilot figures—1.25 MW diesel, about 0.2 MW solar, and roughly 4,500 customers—cover the multi-municipality network and must not be assigned to the original Môle plant alone.

Research status
Operating as part of Sigora Haiti's northwest network. A 2025 Haiti electrification review says the expanded system serves roughly 4,300 customers, while Sigora's current site claims 24/7 service to more than 30,000 people across four municipalities and a pico-grid. Public sources do not verify a commissioned wind plant or disclose current battery capacity, annual solar/diesel generation, availability, generator health, or audited 2026 customer counts.
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
19.80477, -73.37529
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.

Project delivery

Who was involved in Mole St. Nicholas Haiti Microgrid by Sigora Solar?

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

Organization

ElectriFI

Early impact investor; the 2025 sector review reports a US$2.5 million 2017 investment. [6]

Organization

Government and municipalities of Haiti

Public counterparties under long-term concession/operating arrangements for the served municipalities. [3][5]

Organization

IDB Invest

Lender and environmental/social reviewer for expansion of the northwest micro-utility network. [5][4]

Organization

Sigora Haiti / Sigora International

Developer, owner/operator, utility service provider, and supplier of the proprietary prepaid metering platform. [3][4][7]

Organization

Sigora Solar

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

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
65 [1]
KW Wind
100 [1]
Môle site generation (May 2018)
208 kW photovoltaic plus two diesel gensets totaling 200 kW. [4]
Môle site reach (May 2018)
1,055 household/business connections, 24 km of distribution/transmission, free electricity to a clinic, and 100 streetlights. [4]
Broader pilot network
IDB describes the operating Môle/Jean Rabel/Bombardopolis/Presqu'île pilot as approximately 1.25 MW diesel plus 0.2 MW solar serving around 4,500 customers. This is a network total, not Môle-only nameplate. [5]
Current network reach
A 2025 sector review reports approximately 4,300 customers after expansion to Bombardopolis, Jean Rabel, and Savanne Môle; Sigora's current website says more than 30,000 people across four municipalities plus a pico-grid. Different customer/person and date scopes explain the figures. [6][3]
Service voltage and commercial model
24/7 AC service at 120/240/480 V using prepaid smart metering; Sigora reports 25-year contracts for the network. [3][7]
Financing
2025 review reports US$2.5 million from ElectriFI in 2017 and US$9.5 million associated with IDB in 2019. IDB's project page separately lists an US$8 million syndicated package and US$1.5 million financed amount, approved in 2019 and signed December 17, 2020; these financing fields should not be summed without deal documents. [6][5]

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

Advanced meter

Sigora — Sigora Smart Meter

Prepaid mobile-account meter with anti-theft features, demand ceilings, tiered restoration delay, secure RF mesh/cloud communications, and single-, split-, or three-phase configurations. [7]

02

Photovoltaics

Model not publicly disclosed

208 kW documented at Môle in 2018; module and inverter manufacturers/models were not publicly disclosed. [4]

03

Diesel generators

Model not publicly disclosed

Two units totaling 200 kW at Môle in 2018; make, individual ratings, and models were not disclosed. [4]

04

Battery storage

Model not publicly disclosed

Storage is discussed in expansion and secondary reporting, but no authoritative commissioned kW/kWh, chemistry, vendor, or model was found for Môle. It is therefore not included in installed nameplate. [5][9]

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.

  • Identity boundary

    The original Môle plant and the later interconnected northwest network are related but different accounting scopes. Network diesel capacity cannot be attributed to the Môle site. [4][5]

  • Wind status

    IDB documents wind turbines as a proposed expansion component/environmental topic, not as installed inventory. No reliable source confirms the legacy 100 kW wind claim was commissioned; Sigora's generic statement that its hybrid grids can incorporate wind is not project evidence. [4][5][3]

  • Historical reliability

    Sigora reported in 2017 an average 1.167 outages and about 31 minutes of downtime per week. This is operator-reported historical performance, not a current independent availability audit. [8]

  • Storm performance

    Secondary reporting says service was restored within 55 hours after Hurricane Matthew and within 10 hours after Irma for customers then served across Môle and Jean Rabel; panels were temporarily removed for Irma protection. [9]

  • Energy mix limitation

    Môle's documented solar and diesel nameplates were roughly equal in 2018, but annual kWh by source was not published. Capacity parity is not an energy-mix percentage. [4]

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]
    Watch Video

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

  3. [3]
    Sigora Haiti

    Sigora Haiti · Primary source

  4. [4]
  5. [5]
    Sigora Haiti Microutility Project

    IDB Invest · Primary source

  6. [6]
    Electrification in Haiti

    Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet / Universal Access Coalition · Secondary research

  7. [7]
    Products: Sigora Smart Meter

    Sigora Haiti · Primary source

  8. [8]
  9. [9]
  10. [10]
    Môle-Saint-Nicolas Microgrid (archived project page)

    MicrogridProjects.com via Internet Archive · Archived source