EarthSpark International

Name

EarthSpark International

Legal name

EarthSpark International Corp.

Website

https://earthsparkinternational.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Off-grid solar electrification

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114), Electric Power Generation (22111), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Microgrid Development, EPC & Integration (EUAMAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote/Off-Grid & Islanded Microgrids (Rural, Islands, Mining Camps) (EUACALAE), Community Microgrids & Shared Distributed Generation (EUACALAC), Resilience & Backup Power Solutions (Critical Facilities, Islanding) (EUAMAJAK), Distributed Storage (Behind-the-Meter Batteries) (EUAMAJAE), Microgrid, DER & Building Electrification Energy Controls (Solar/Storage/EV Load Orchestration) (BPABAGAJ)

Keywords

• Solar microgrid services
• Rural electrification solutions
• Clean energy access
• Smart metering systems
• Clean cooking appliances

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electricity Service Fees: Revenue from selling electricity to households and businesses connected to microgrids. Customers pay volumetric tariffs (25-60 htg/kWh) via pre-payment system through mobile money or local energy vendors.
2. Charitable Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations supporting the mission. Accepts PayPal, credit card, stock donations, donor-advised funds, and legacy bequests.
3. Advisory Services: Fee-based technical advisory services supporting microgrid development globally, including capacity building, technical design, operations support, and project development for partners like SunGate Solar.
4. Carbon Finance: Potential revenue from carbon credits through methodologies developed with MECS program. Carbon finance could support customer affordability for electric cooking appliances.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

EarthSpark designs, builds, owns, and operates solar-powered smart microgrids in rural Haiti, selling 24/7 electricity to households, small businesses, healthcare facilities, and telecom tower operators on a pre-payment basis. Its portfolio also includes electric cooking appliances (electric pressure cookers and induction stoves) designed to run on its microgrids under the Kwison Elektrik brand, and fee-based advisory services that transfer its microgrid know-how to international partners such as SunGate Solar in South Sudan.

Product overview

EarthSpark International is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has spun off three companies: SparkMeter, Inc. (smart meter and grid analytics company serving 30 countries), Enèji Pwòp (Haitian microgrid operating company), and Participant Power (microgrid development company scaling in Haiti). The core product portfolio includes solar-powered microgrid electricity services in Haiti (currently 2 operating grids, 6+ planned), electric cooking solutions under the 'Kwison Elektrik' brand, advanced smart metering technology, and advisory services for international partners on energy access and microgrid development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Enèji Pwòp: Haitian energy access company operating EarthSpark's solar microgrids in southern Haiti. The brand means 'Clean Energy' in Haitian Creole and operates as the local microgrid operator for current and planned grids in Haiti.
• Kwison Elektrik
• Feminist Electrification

Products and services

• Microgrid Electricity Service (Haiti) Solar-powered smart microgrid electricity service providing 24/7 power to rural communities in Haiti. Currently operates grids in Les Anglais and Tiburon with a combined customer base of 450+ and 100+ new connections; six new grids under contract are projected to serve over 28,000 additional people. Service categories include residential connections, small commercial customers, and anchor loads such as healthcare facilities and telecom towers.
• Electric Cooking Solutions (Kwison Elektrik / eCooking) Electric cooking solutions including electric pressure cookers (EPCs) and induction stoves powered by EarthSpark's solar microgrids, marketed under the 'Kwison Elektrik' brand for Haitian cuisine prepared with electricity. Designed to displace charcoal and wood cooking, with electric pressure cooker devices priced $85–150 USD and indicative willingness-to-pay of 30.76 htg/kWh for the cooking tariff.
• Smart Metering System Cloud-based smart metering and grid analytics system enabling pre-payment billing, load management, and theft detection for microgrid operations. Spun out into SparkMeter, Inc. in 2013, which served microgrid operators in approximately 30 countries and was named Fast Company's Most Innovative Energy Company of 2021. EarthSpark re-absorbed SparkMeter's emerging market operations in 2024 to ensure continuity of metering service for nearly 1 million people.
• Advisory Services Consulting and capacity-building services covering business model development, technical system design, capacity building, feminist electrification methodology, research, and accessing finance for partners developing community-scale solar microgrids. EarthSpark's team spent seven months in South Sudan supporting the build and commissioning of the country's first community-scale solar microgrid in Wanyjok for SunGate Solar.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% household energy cost savings vs pre-grid kerosene/candles
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Green Energy SolutionssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 July 2025Engineering and construction company working with EarthSpark to repair and expand the Tiburon microgrid solar generation system in Haiti.
• GENINOVsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 July 2025Engineering company working with EarthSpark and Green Energy Solutions to repair and expand the Tiburon microgrid solar generation system in Haiti.
• DigicelsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Telecommunications provider whose towers are anchored customers on EarthSpark microgrids (~18% of consumption, ~28% of revenue). Digicel's MonCash mobile money platform enables customer electricity payments.
• NatcomsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022National telecommunications company with towers connected to EarthSpark microgrids as anchor customers.
• SunGate SolarcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021EarthSpark has been supporting SunGate Solar in South Sudan since 2021 to develop solar microgrids and electric cooking. Provided advisory services for technical design, capacity building, data analysis, communications, research, and fundraising. EarthSpark team spent 7 months in South Sudan supporting building and commissioning of country's first community-scale solar microgrid in Wanyjok.
• Modern Energy for Cooking Services (MECS) Program, Loughborough UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership on electric cooking research and trials in Haiti. Funded by UK International Development. Conducted Phase 1 pilot (2020) with SUNSPOT technology and electric kitchens, and Phase 2 (2025-2026) on validating eCooking in microgrid planning and operations.
• University of Colorado BouldersupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Academic partner conducting advanced microgrid modeling for electric cooking research projects with EarthSpark and MECS program.
• Participant PowersupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020EarthSpark microgrid development company focused on scaling-up microgrid work in Haiti. Currently has 20 bids for new microgrids provisionally approved by Haitian government with $14M committed blended finance funding.
• Haitian Government / ANARSEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020National Regulatory Authority (ANARSE) issued first provisional license for community microgrid to EarthSpark. Government committed to improving electricity access by deploying smart microgrids in 51+ sites.
• DigitalKapsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 21 December 2019Haitian engineering firm contracted to build Tiburon solar hybrid generation site. Built distribution system following Hurricane Matthew damage.
• SUNSPOTsupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Award-winning electric cooking initiative for emerging markets. Partnered with EarthSpark on Kwison Elektrik electric cooking pilot deploying SUNSPOT technology (off-grid solar + battery + smart meter + electric pressure cooker).
• Enèji Pwòp, SAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Haitian energy access company and microgrid operator for EarthSpark's solar grids. Before incorporation in 2014, Enèji Pwòp was incubated by EarthSpark for 4 years. Now the designated microgrid operator for 20 future microgrids under negotiation with Haitian government.
• SparkMeter, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013EarthSpark spun out SparkMeter in 2013 to develop smart meter and grid analytics technology. In 2024, EarthSpark re-absorbed SparkMeter's emerging market operations to ensure continuity of electricity metering service for nearly 1 million people across 30 countries.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• BBOXX: Global provider of pay-as-you-go solar home systems and mini-grids across 25+ African and Asian markets — competes for the same donor and impact capital pools as EarthSpark and uses similar smart metering and mobile money integrations.
• M-KOPA: Leading pay-as-you-go solar energy provider serving low-income East African households via mobile money prepayment — uses a similar pre-payment metering and mobile integration approach as EarthSpark's Enèji Pwòp model, though focused on home solar systems rather than community microgrids.
• PowerGen Renewable Energy: Builds and operates solar mini-grids across East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria) serving similar rural off-grid communities with metered, pre-paid electricity service and is widely considered a direct mini-grid competitor to EarthSpark's model.
• Powerhive (now Solar Panda): Developed and operated utility-scale community solar mini-grids in Kenya with prepaid smart metering — a near-identical business model to EarthSpark's Enèji Pwòp, making it a strong direct comparable for unit economics and scaling patterns.
• Zola Electric: Provides solar-plus-battery power systems and mini-grids across sub-Saharan Africa with smart metering and pre-payment functionality, closely paralleling EarthSpark's distributed energy resource and pre-payment billing technology stack.
• Husk Power Systems: Operates solar-hybrid mini-grids serving rural communities in India and sub-Saharan Africa with similar pay-as-you-go pre-payment business models and anchor load strategies, making it one of the closest direct comparables in the global community microgrid space.
• d.light: Designs and distributes pay-as-you-go solar home systems across 70+ developing markets, overlapping with EarthSpark's customer base of off-grid Haitian households and competing for shared impact investment and donor funding.

Emerging players

• CrossBoundary Energy: Provides mini-grid and distributed solar advisory and project development services across Africa, mirroring EarthSpark's advisory services arm and competing for the same international donor-funded project mandates.
• SunGate Solar: Operates South Sudan's first community solar microgrid (Wanyjok) with technical advisory support from EarthSpark — a direct spin-off/partner that demonstrates EarthSpark's model replication capability while being a comparable emerging mini-grid operator.

Broad incumbents

• Fenix International (acquired by Engie): Acquired by Engie in 2018 to expand pay-as-you-go solar and mini-grid offerings across Africa; serves as the broader-incumbent reference point showing how independent mini-grid pioneers get absorbed into large utility players.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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