Suriname Rural Electrification: 10-Site Solar Microgrid Deployment with JGH Solar

Project: Suriname, 10-Site Solar Microgrid Deployment for Rural Electrification
Service: Solar
Location: Suriname (10 remote sites nationwide)
Delivery Partner: JGH Solar (Johs. Gram-Hanssen A/S)
Status: Completed, commissioned and operating 

FREE energy’s off-grid and hybrid energy expertise extends well beyond the Middle East and Africa, demonstrated by a significant microgrid solar deployment on Suriname’s northeastern coast in South America. Working in collaboration with local partner JGH Solar (Johs. Gram-Hanssen A/S), FREE energy was engaged for the project management, technical supervision, and commissioning of a 10-site microgrid solar energy program built to deliver reliable renewable power to remote villages with limited or no access to Suriname’s national grid, one of the largest geographic footprints in FREE energy’s international project portfolio. 

The completed program delivers 1.74 MWp of solar PV capacity paired with 7.27 MWh of battery energy storage across the ten sites, sized to maintain continuous power supply through low solar generation periods. Coordinating a deployment of this scale across multiple remote locations required managing distinct site conditions, logistics constraints, and interconnection requirements at each. FREE energy’s role centered on overseeing execution end to end: ensuring every site met consistent design and quality standards, coordinating closely with local stakeholders and JGH Solar’s delivery team, and leading the testing and commissioning process to confirm each microgrid met its intended performance specification before handover. 

All ten microgrids have been successfully commissioned and are now operating to their intended design and performance requirements, supplying clean, reliable electricity to households, schools, health centers, and small businesses in communities previously dependent on diesel generation. By displacing diesel, the program lowers operating costs, cuts greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthens community access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunity, supporting long-term social and economic development across the sites it serves. 

This project extends FREE energy’s off-grid and hybrid microgrid expertise beyond the MENA region into Latin America, demonstrating that its project management and technical supervision capabilities translate reliably across geographies, regulatory environments, and delivery partners, a credential relevant to any international development organization or private developer evaluating microgrid solar partners for remote or off-grid electrification programs worldwide.