Boreal Light

What Boreal Light does

Boreal Light GmbH is a Berlin-based private company founded in 2014 that designs and manufactures containerized solar-powered water desalination systems for off-grid communities. The company's core technology, branded SolaRO (Solar Reverse Osmosis), treats high-saline and polluted water resources — including seawater, brackish water, and industrial wastewater — to produce drinking, irrigation, fish-farm, and sanitation water. Each system operates entirely on solar energy, requiring no battery banks or diesel generators, and is delivered as a pre-furnished, piped, and cabed container with output ranging from 1,000 to 30,000 liters per hour per module. Its product portfolio spans the Winture Planet Cube (core desalination unit), the Winture Planet Cube+ (hospital variant with Ozone disinfection for reservoir and infection-department wastewater), and the Winture Planet Green (agricultural add-on integrating soil sensors, automatic fertilizer dispensing, drip irrigation, and aquaponics fish-farm control).

The company sells through project-based equipment contracts, with quote-based project-specific pricing and one-time license-style revenue from the hardware sale plus commissioning. Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales to institutional buyers (governments, hospitals, hotel chains, industrial operators, farming cooperatives) with a regional channel partner model — most prominently WaterKiosk Africa, through which the company delivered Africa's largest solar water desalination hospital project covering 31 hospitals across two countries with 1 million liters per day of hygiene drinking water. Deployed systems serve over 8 million people daily with installed capacity exceeding 80 million liters per day; operational geographies include Kenya and Tanzania in Africa, Colombia in Latin America (La Guajira plant inaugurated October 2025), Germany and the Netherlands in Europe, and the UAE in the Middle East.

The business is independent and founder-led (Co-Founders Ali Al-Hakim and Dr. Hamed Beheshti), with no parent company and no publicly disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds; marketing and demand generation lean on a multilingual website (English and Spanish LATAM section), LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and Instagram, supplemented by international sustainability awards (Solar Impulse Pioneer Award 2025, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award 2020, German SDG Award 2022). A global infrastructure partnership with Nenner Hauser was announced in March 2026 to scale joint project deployment worldwide.

Name

Boreal Light

Legal name

Boreal Light GmbH

Website

https://winture.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Boreal Light GmbH designs and manufactures containerized solar-powered reverse osmosis water desalination systems for off-grid hospitals, hotels, agricultural communities, and industrial users across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Treatment Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Solar Electric Power Generation (221114)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plants & Operations (EUANAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Desalination Energy Systems (Energy Recovery Devices, Power Integration, Renewables) (EUANAFAI), Desalination Plant Construction (IMAFAGAG), Hybrid Desalination Systems (RO + Thermal/Other) (EUANAFAD), Non‑Potable Reuse Utilities (Irrigation, Industrial, Cooling) (EUANAGAA)

Keywords

• Solar water desalination
• Reverse osmosis systems
• Off-grid water treatment
• Containerized desalination
• Water treatment equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Solar Desalination System Sales: Sale of containerized solar water desalination systems (Winture Planet Cube, Planet Cube+, Planet Green) to hospitals, governments, hotels, farming cooperatives, and industrial facilities. Systems are customized per project with individualized technical and commercial proposals.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Boreal Light designs and manufactures affordable, containerized, solar-powered reverse osmosis (SolaRO) water desalination systems that produce hygiene drinking water, irrigation water, fish farm water, and sanitation water from seawater, brackish water, and polluted water sources. Each module produces 1,000 to 30,000 liters per hour and runs entirely on solar energy with no battery banks or diesel engines, targeting off-grid hospitals, rural communities, hotels, agricultural operations, and industrial facilities.

Product overview

Boreal Light offers a modular solar-powered water desalination product line under the Winture brand. The core product is the Winture Planet Cube, a containerized solar desalination system capable of treating seawater, brackish water, and polluted water for drinking, irrigation, fish farming, and sanitation applications. The product portfolio includes specialized add-on modules: Winture Planet Cube+ for hospital applications with Ozone disinfection capabilities, and Winture Planet Green for precision agriculture with sensor-based irrigation management and automated fertilizer dispensing. All systems are fully off-grid, powered by solar energy with no battery banks or diesel generators. The Winture Planet Cube produces 1,000 to 30,000 liters per hour per module, with modular expandability for larger projects. A related initiative, WaterKiosk, extends water access through decentralized kiosk solutions in Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Winture Planet Cube: Solar-powered water desalination system for drinking water, hospitals, hotels, and seawater treatment
• Winture Planet Cube+
• Winture Planet Green

Products and services

• Winture Planet Cube Containerized solar water desalination system capable of treating seawater, brackish water, and polluted water resources to produce drinking, irrigation, fish farm, and sanitation water. Fully powered by solar energy with no battery banks or diesel required, producing 1,000 to 30,000 liters per hour per module.
• Winture Planet Cube+ Hospital-specific variant of the Winture Planet Cube featuring Ozone disinfection for both reservoir and wastewater of infection departments, ensuring no bacteria and viruses remain in the outflow. Deployed as Africa's largest solar water desalination project for hospitals.
• Winture Planet Green Agricultural add-on system for the Winture Planet Cube that places sensors in farms to monitor irrigation needs and soil nutrition characteristics, automatically dispensing water-soluble fertilizers through drip irrigation networks. Also supports aquaponics fish farms connected to the main controlling unit.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% reduction in cost of access to drinking water compared to conventional solutions
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Nenner HausercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026Partnership announced March 2026 to scale sustainable water infrastructure worldwide. Combines Nenner Hauser's infrastructure expertise with Boreal Light's solar desalination technology for joint project deployment globally.
• WaterKiosk AfricacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWaterKiosk Africa (waterkiosk.africa) serves as Boreal Light's primary channel partner for the African market. Together they implemented Africa's largest solar water desalination project for hospitals and health clinics — 31 hospitals across two countries producing 1 million liters of hygiene drinking water per day, all powered by solar energy.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• WaterAid: WaterAid is a major international NGO focused on safe water access in low-income countries. Not a commercial competitor but a critical stakeholder in the donor and policy ecosystem that drives demand for Boreal Light's solutions.

Broad incumbents

• IDE Technologies: IDE Technologies is a global desalination incumbent delivering SWRO, BWRO, and thermal systems for municipal and industrial clients. Comparable end-market (seawater/brackish desalination) but operates at much larger scale and project size.
• Aquatech: Aquatech provides industrial water treatment and desalination solutions including membrane and thermal systems. Comparable desalination technology portfolio but focused on industrial/municipal customers rather than community-scale off-grid.
• Sidem (Veolia Water Technologies): Sidem, a Veolia subsidiary, is a major EPC contractor for large-scale seawater desalination plants. Comparable technology base (RO and thermal) but competes at utility scale rather than modular, off-grid deployments.
• De Nora Water Technologies: De Nora offers a broad range of water treatment technologies including desalination, disinfection, and reuse. Overlaps with Boreal Light on water treatment for healthcare and industrial customers, but at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• SOURCE Global: SOURCE Global produces decentralized, solar-powered water-from-air systems for off-grid and sustainability-focused customers. Closest direct comparable to Boreal Light's mission of distributed, renewable-powered water provisioning in remote communities.
• Desolenator: Desolenator develops solar-thermal desalination units aimed at off-grid communities and industries. Compares directly on the solar-driven desalination technology stack and target customers in water-scarce regions.
• Trunz Water Systems: Trunz builds containerized, mobile water treatment and desalination units for remote and disaster-response applications. Directly comparable modular, plug-and-play product philosophy and off-grid deployment model.

Emerging players

• Gradiant: Gradiant focuses on industrial water treatment and reuse, including desalination and wastewater recycling for hard-to-treat streams. Comparable in desalination and water-reuse technology, though primarily serves industrial rather than off-grid community customers.
• Fluence Corporation: Fluence delivers decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions, including containerized and pre-engineered systems. Comparable in modular off-grid water infrastructure but serves a broader customer base than Boreal Light's solar-RO niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/WaterKiosks
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/boreal-light-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/boreallightgmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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