Preloader

Mini Grids

Community Power Infrastructure Beyond the Grid

A mini-grid is not just a solar installation. It is local power infrastructure — generation, storage, distribution, metering, protection, civil works, and commissioning working as one system. Benedeto delivers mini-grid and micro-grid systems that power schools, health facilities, households, public services, and productive-use users.

What We Deliver

  • Solar PV generation systems
  • Battery Energy Storage Systems
  • Low-voltage distribution networks
  • Institutional and household connections
  • Metering and control systems
  • Civil works, installation, testing, and commissioning

Proof in Practice

  • Implemented hybrid solar PV mini-grid systems for rural health and education facilities through the Water for Life + Rural Electrification Project
  • Extended mini-grid distribution networks to 2,208 rural households
  • Delivered mini-grid infrastructure across Oromia, Amhara, and SNNP regions
  • Project footprint included locations such as Gimbichu, Legambo, Bati, Sodo, and South Sodo districts
  • Supported cleaner electricity access for health centers, health posts, primary schools, secondary schools, and surrounding communities

Why Partner With Benedeto

  • Experience delivering institutional and community mini-grid infrastructure
  • Ability to combine solar generation, storage, distribution, metering, and civil works
  • Proven exposure to rural and challenging project environments
  • Strong fit for health, education, household, and productive-use electrification
  • Integrated delivery capability across energy, electromechanical works, civil works, and site execution

Gimbichu Woreda (Oromia)

Adadi Ejere Primary School + Adadi Ejere Health Post – 56 kWp / 50 kW / 128 kWh
Hama Primary School + Ifa Buru Secondary School – 56 kWp / 50 kW / 128 kWh

Sodo Woreda (SNNP)

Wacho Moroge Secondary School + Wacho Moroge Primary School + Wudget Gefersa Health Post – 44 kWp / 50 kW / 128 kWh
Dugda Secondary School + Dugda Goro Primary School + Dugda Goro Health Post – 56 kWp / 50 kW / 192 kWh
Endebuyo Health Center + Endebuyo Health Post + Endebuyo Medanialem Primary School – 56 kWp / 50 kW / 192 kWh

South Sodo Woreda (SNNP)

Adele Chelelek Health Center – 56 kWp / 50 kW / 192 kWh
Damu Secondary School + Damu Genet Primary School – 44 kWp / 50 kW / 128 kWh
Damu 2 Health Center + Damu 2 Health Post – 56 kWp / 50 kW / 192 kWh