We fight energy poverty and climate change with projects and technology that benefit those most vulnerable to climate risks.
UpEnergy builds high-quality decarbonization projects that improve lives.
We do this with support from partners who believe in a just energy transition in which low-income people are prioritized by climate finance.
Our approach centers on applying our expertise across climate finance, monitoring and evaluation, engineering, behavioral science, and local operational insights. This ensures we deliver projects with high integrity, measurable impact, and significant social benefit.
Fighting Energy Poverty and Enhancing
Climate Resilience
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Life-Improving Technology
UpEnergy fights energy poverty by delivering clean, life-improving technologies such as electric cooking, safe water systems, and emission-reducing charcoal stoves in local communities across Africa and beyond.
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Carbon Removal
UpEnergy projects also support those most vulnerable within agricultural supply chains through targeted carbon removal projects, such as Biochar and Agroforestry, designed not only to mitigate climate change but also deliver value back to communities at risk.
About UpEnergy
HQ in East Africa, with operations in 8 African countries and projects in Latin America and Asia.
Decades of expertise in driving energy transitions, supporting decarbonization, and improving health and livelihoods.
7.2M+ lives benefiting from energy-saving products enabling long-term behavioural changes.
At the forefront of monitoring and verification processes utilizing the latest in IoT and sensor advancements for data accuracy.
Channeling climate finance where it's needed most to deliver impact for compliance and voluntary carbon markets since 2011.
Decarbonization Projects that
Fight Energy Poverty
Electric Cooking
Locations: Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
Projects Underway: GS11578, GS10963
UpEnergy issued the world’s first ever carbon credits linked to electric cooking in 2023. E-cooking now paves the way for a healthier, zero-emission cooking future, freeing communities from the dangers of indoor air pollution created by traditional biomass dependent stoves.
Emission Reductions Projects That Fight Energy Poverty
Community
Cooking
Locations: In Development
Projects Underway: In Development
Our community initiatives equip schools with bespoke cookstoves, engineered for greater thermal efficiency. These stoves decrease the amount of wood fuel required to serve hundreds of students on a daily basis, easing pressure on local forests and generating considerable savings that schools can reinvest back in education.
Emission Reductions Projects That Fight Energy Poverty
Fuel-Efficient Household Cooking
Locations: Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana, Mozambique, DRC
Projects Underway: GS10898, GS11191, GS1044, GS10963, VCS2789, VCS2676, VCS2673
Billions of people rely on charcoal to cook every single meal on a daily basis with no feasible alternative. That's why we deliver projects that have distributed millions of fuel-efficient stoves, reducing charcoal needs by up to 56.57%.
Emission Reductions Projects That Fight Energy Poverty
Safe Water
Provision
Locations: Uganda, Malawi, Zambia
Projects Underway: GS10963
For households and schools, we supply water treatment systems that remove 99.99% of bacteria from dirty water sources, eliminating widespread water borne diseases such as cholera, dysentery and diarrhea. This makes clean, safe drinking water continually available without the need to harvest local forests to boil water.
Emission Reductions Projects That Fight Energy Poverty
Carbon Removal
Locations: Mozambique, Tanzania
Projects Underway: Coming Soon
We develop technology and projects that achieve our goal of global decarbonisation whilst supporting those most vulnerable to climate risks. That is why we have launched Biochar and Agroforestry projects in Africa to deliver additional value to those at climate risk.
Today’s Footprint
Almost 90% of the UpEnergy Team is based on the ground across 8 African markets.
Additionally, we have projects under development in Latin America and Asia.
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Beyond Emission Reductions:
Fighting Energy Poverty
Livelihoods
Over 90% of the UpEnergy Team is based on the ground within project countries. From local manufacturing and distribution to customer support and monitoring teams, we actively create both direct and in-direct employment.
Financial
Our projects reduce fuel needs, lessening the financial burden on families and provide savings that can be repurposed towards other meaningful needs e.g education and health.
Health
We seek to deliver meaningful health benefits, improving quality of life for end-users from reducing indoor air pollution using electric cookers to removing the risks of contaminated drinking water from households and schools with water filters.
Gender
Providing women access to modern energy, such as electric cooking can reduce exposure to household air pollution; cut down cooking time and save time to engage in productive economic and educational opportunities.
We Deliver High Quality Decarbonisation Projects
Climate Finance
Leading team of climate finance experts that understand unique challenges of low-income contexts.
Co-Authored the pioneering Gold Standard Cookstove & Safe Water methodology.
Over 100+ unique and registered emission reduction projects delivered.
Expertise in supplying compliance credits, collaborating with governments and intermediaries.
Carbon Advisory Service available to companies.
Ground Operations
Strategically headquartered in East Africa, operating across 8 countries.
Technical team based in India supporting climate finance projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Team of 180+ employees managing 100+ diverse projects and expert monitoring and verification
Ground teams combine proficiency in local supply chains with behavioural change training, end-user tech support, and effective monitoring to support long-term technology adoption.
High Impact Technology
Over 1 million emission-reducing products delivered by project teams.
Range of solutions from cleaner stoves to zero-emission electric cooking and safe water systems.
Committed to continuous research for evolving technological needs with a dedicated R&D team.
Integrating cutting-edge IoT and sensor technology for enhanced usage data accuracy.
Rigorous and Advanced Monitoring Specialists
In-house carbon asset development team leading in Paris era climate finance.
Unmatched record of accurate monitoring to issue cookstove and safe water credits.
Success in Gold Standard, Verra, and CDM programs.
Our Impact
Projects Delivered
Lives improved by our projects
Tons of CO2 emissions reduced
Countries benefiting
Meet the Team
UpEnergy has over 180 full time employees committed to fighting energy poverty and climate change bringing a diverse skills, experience, and dedication to every project.
Matt Evans
Co-Founder & Chairman
Mitch Sauers
CEO
Anantha K Rajagopalan
Director of Carbon Programme
Rehema Mbalamwezi
VP of Africa Operations
Clare Dyson
General Counsel
Ivan Topalov
Chief Financial Officer
Vibhav Nuwal
Climate Finance Director
Dunstan Rukare
Finance Operations Director
Contact Us
Let’s Build Something Together
If you'd like to learn more or ask any questions, then do reach out to Polly, our dedicated Climate Finance Manager:
partnerships@upenergygroup.com
UpEnergy is a social enterprise headquartered in Kampala, Uganda.