FOUNDING MEMBERS

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) is the largest and most experienced private equity investment manager focused exclusively on African infrastructure on the continent. AIIM is committed to Africa’s sustainable development through its infrastructure focus and currently manages USD2.1 billion across 7 funds in assets across the power, renewable energy, telecommunications and transport sectors in East, West and Southern Africa. AIIM has a track record of 19 years of operations.

Akuo Energy is a leading French green IPP. It develops and operates power plants that go beyond simply producing renewable power and create additional social benefits for the inhabitants of the areas in which they live. As a pure player in renewable energy, Akuo Energy has diversified both in terms of technologies (wind, solar, biomass cogeneration, hydro) and geographies – at the end of 2017 Akuo Energy had fourteen branches and implantations in the world – following an approach that is both opportunistic and focused on niche markets. Independently owned, Akuo Energy has also sought operational independence by bringing in-house all the required expertise in development, contracts, financial engineering, construction and operation of its projects. A developer and an operator of its own assets, Akuo Energy is giving shape to its long-term vision by retaining control of its assets.

Huawei offers leading Smart PV solutions which harness more than 30 years of expertise in digital information technology. As the largest inverter supplier from 2015 to 2019 globally for 5 consecutive years, Huawei is committed to building efficient, smart O&M, safe, reliable and grid-supporting Smart PV plants, and helping customers maximize the return of investment over the plants' lifetime. In 2020, Huawei will further integrate AI technologies to boost LCOE and accelerate grid parity for all.

Headquartered in Xi‘an China, LONGi Solar is a wholly owned subsidiary of LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd (SH.601012), the world’s largest manufacturer of mono-crystalline silicon PV products with the world-leading efficient mono-crystalline PV system, extraordinary R&D capability, global service network and resource integration capability. LONGi Solar is committed to becoming the world’s leading integrated service provider of solar power, which covers Large Scale / distributed solar power station, off-grid PV systems, intelligent micro-grid systems and other fields, providing customers with the best solution of the whole process of solar power supply, conversion, distribution, optimization and value-added services. LONGi Solar have been actively working abroad, and has initially formed “The Belt and Road” Region, Asia-Pacific Region, and EMEA Region since its establishment.

Founded in 1997, Trina Solar is the world leading PV module and smart energy total solution provider. Over 77GW were shipped worldwide, providing clean, affordable and reliable energy to homes, businesses, and power plants around the world. Trina Solar is proudly responsible for setting twenty world records for silicon cell efficiency and solar module power output since 2011. The company engages in PV products R&D, manufacture, and sales; PV projects development, EPC, O&M; smart micro-grid and multi-energy complementary systems development and sales, as well as energy cloud-platform operation. Trina Solar remains the only module manufacturer to be rated as fully bankable for four consecutive years by 100% of the experts participating in the Bloomberg NEF survey.

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security, and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future.  We believe in the possibility and promise of innovation, and we have spent more than a century enabling it to be safely adopted. From the adoption of electrification to the enablement of 5G and new mobility, we collectively look toward new frontiers, working for a safer world.​ Our science is your advantage.  

Blunomy is the brainchild of Isabelle Kocher de Leyritz, the former CEO of ENGIE and an internationally renowned business leader, and Enea Consulting, a pioneering strategy consulting firm specializing in the energy transition. Driven by their shared goal to play an instrumental role in the advent of a truly positive economy, they decided to join forces to make change happen. Blunomy was founded by Isabelle Kocher de Leyritz in 2022. Keen to contribute to a shared future as part of a truly unique company, ENEA Consulting transferred 100% of its shares to Blunomy which is fully owned by Blunomy ManCo, a management company made up of Blunomy’s managers.

CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) is the leading provider of clean, renewable, reliable, and affordable electricity directly to African businesses. According to World Bank data, access to reliable and affordable electricity is the most significant constraint on economic growth on the continent. CBE addresses this challenge by providing African corporates with fully financed renewable power. Through this approach, we are building a disruptive, distributed, renewable utility that can unlock sustainable growth in Africa. We are already making rapid progress towards our vision. CBE is currently delivering a portfolio of over $200M of solar, wind, and storage projects for businesses across Africa. Our clients include Actis, Diageo, Heineken, Rio Tinto, Syrah Resources, Unilever, and other leading regional companies. We look forward to converting Africa's largest industries to cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable power.