Clean EnergyNGO
Solar Platforms Powering Mauritania's Isolated Villages
by Gret · HQ 🇫🇷 France
0facilitiesDrinking-water facilities built in rural and semi-urban municipalitiesas of 2025-06-01 · may be outdated
0peopleRural inhabitants electrified through the Erudi solar-platform projectas of 2015-08-31 · may be outdated
0villagesVillages equipped with multifunctional solar platforms since 2006as of 2016-06-03 · may be outdated
Since 2006, French development NGO Gret has equipped 103 Mauritanian villages with multifunctional solar platforms — hubs powering grain mills, freezers, phone-charging and welding services that are unaffordable for individual households but too small a market for a mini-grid. Its flagship Erudi project (2011-2015), delivered with Mauritanian NGOs Tenmiya and Ecodev, brought this model to roughly 70,000 inhabitants across four regions. Gret's ongoing Mauritania program has since added more than 50 rural drinking-water facilities and helped a dozen municipalities draft their own water and sanitation plans.