Electricity and water
Somali solar and wind power companies
Private companies produce almost all of Somalia's electricity, about 128 MW in total by a 2024 US government estimate, mostly from diesel but increasingly from solar. Benadir Electric Company (BECO) built a 10 MW solar farm outside Mogadishu, and NECSOM in Puntland has run a wind plant since 2016. Smaller firms such as Tamarso Energy, Solargen (2012), Burao Solar Systems (2010) and Kaah Electrical General Trading (2003) sell, install and finance solar systems and mini-grids.
The short version
Somalia has no national power grid. Electricity is generated and sold by private companies through local networks, mainly from diesel generators. A 2024 US government guide estimated that private Somali companies generate about 128 MW and that tariffs ranged from 50 to 125 US cents per kWh (US International Trade Administration, Somalia energy and electricity, 22 January 2024). The same guide named BECO in Mogadishu and the south, NECSOM in Puntland and Sompower in Hargeisa as the main producers, and said private power companies had begun adding small and medium solar systems linked to their diesel plants (same source).
Solar at the large power companies
The US guide said BECO, which it called Somalia's largest electric utility, had built a 10 MW solar farm outside Mogadishu connected to its generation and transmission network (trade.gov, 2024). BECO has its own section on the electricity page.
Wind: NECSOM
NECSOM, a Puntland electricity company, runs a wind plant connected to mini-grids. The US guide said it had been operating since 2016, produced 3.5 MW and was due to add 450 kW more. The plant was built by the Italian company Elvi and commissioned by the Italian and French group Electro Power (trade.gov, 2024).
Solar companies
- Tamarso Energy sells and installs solar systems, mainly for commercial and industrial customers. By October 2024 it had installed 134 systems with a total capacity of 3.5 MW, offered financing so customers need not pay up front, and ran two solar mini-grids in rural coastal areas, where it also sells solar fish cooling (Alliance for Rural Electrification, member profile, 4 October 2024). In February 2026 it signed an agreement with SIMAD University's Institute of Climate and Environment in Mogadishu on training and research, with the university's campuses to be used for testing its smart metering and battery storage (Alliance for Renewable Electrification, 17 February 2026).
- Solargen Technologies, founded in 2012, makes solar water-pumping systems, rooftop solar and mini-grids, and received a Greater Good Award in 2019 for its mini-grid work. A loan from the Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund paid for new showrooms in cities with many customers (Shuraako, Solargen).
- Burao Solar Systems, founded in 2010, installs solar systems for offices, warehouses and homes, and provides phone charging, cold storage and solar pumps for wells and boreholes in rural villages. A loan paid for panels, batteries and inverters and for a pay-as-you-go service for rural customers (Shuraako, Burao Solar Systems).
- Kaah Electrical General Trading, founded in 2003, sells and installs solar panels, inverters, water pumps, off-grid systems and street lights in Bosaso, Garowe, Galkayo and Qardho (Shuraako, Kaah Electrical).
- The US guide also named Blue Sky and Delta among the firms selling off-grid solar (trade.gov, 2024).
Related
Sources
- US International Trade Administration, Somalia energy and electricity, 22 January 2024 · trade.gov
- Alliance for Rural Electrification, member profile, 4 October 2024 · ruralelec.org
- Alliance for Renewable Electrification, 17 February 2026 · renewelec.org
- Shuraako, Solargen · shuraako.org
- Shuraako, Burao Solar Systems · shuraako.org
- Shuraako, Kaah Electrical · shuraako.org
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- Muqdisho (Mogadishu) and BanaadirMogadishu (Muqdisho) is Somalia's capital and makes up the Banadir region, with about 2.97 million people in 20 districts.
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