We develop technology and projects that accelerate the energy transition.
UpEnergy develops high-integrity decarbonization projects that deploy clean technologies in
low-income countries. We collaborate with governments, local communities, discerning carbon buyers, and investors to direct climate finance toward projects that expand access to modern energy while delivering rigorously measured climate impact.
Our work draws on expertise across climate finance, product design and engineering, behavioral science, and local operations, supported by rigorous monitoring systems that track real-world usage and impact. This integrated approach helps ensure projects deliver credible emissions reductions and sustained technology adoption..
Deploying Technology. Delivering Decarbonization.
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Life-Improving Technology
UpEnergy designs and deploys clean energy technologies including electric cooking systems, lower-carbon efficient stoves, and safe water solutions through locally embedded distribution networks. These technologies support the transition away from traditional biomass fuels harvested from local forests and help avoid fossil-fuel lock-in, while improving health, reducing fuel demand, and enabling measurable emissions reductions.
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Delivering Decarbonization
UpEnergy develops high-integrity decarbonization projects that combine technology deployment, monitoring systems, and climate finance. Our portfolio is designed to meet the needs of both voluntary and compliance markets, including CCP-labelled credits, Article 6.2 and 6.4 aligned projects, CORSIA-eligible credits, and partnerships under mechanisms such as the JCM.
About UpEnergy
Headquartered in East Africa with operations across 8 African markets delivering 12 million tonnes of verified CO₂ emissions reductions.
Developer of more than 150 decarbonization projects supporting the global energy transition.
Clean energy technologies deployed to more than 10.4 million people across project markets.
Advanced monitoring systems utilizing IoT sensors and digital data to track real-world technology usage.
Delivering projects aligned with voluntary and compliance carbon markets, including CCP, Article 6 and CORSIA frameworks since 2011.
Technology Deployment
Across Our Projects
Electric Cooking
Locations: Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
Projects Underway: GS11578, GS10963
UpEnergy issued Africa’s first electric cooking credits under Gold Standard’s metered methodology and the first A-rating from BeZero. The projects use integrated sensors to capture real-time usage data, enabling accurate monitoring & verification of emissions reductions.
Technology Deployment
Across Our Projects
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.
Technology Deployment
Across Our Projects
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%.
Technology Deployment
Across Our Projects
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.
Technology Deployment
Across Our Projects
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:
Expanding Access to Modern Energy
Livelihoods
Over 90% of the UpEnergy team is based in project countries. From local manufacturing and distribution to customer support and monitoring teams, our projects create skilled employment and strengthen local energy supply chains.
Household Economics
By reducing fuel consumption, our technologies lower the cost of cooking and water treatment for households and institutions. The savings created can be redirected toward essential needs such as food, education, and healthcare..
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 150+ 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 200+ employees managing 150+ 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
150
12M
10M
Tons of CO2 emissions reduced
Countries
benefiting
Lives improved by our projects
Projects Delivered
180
Meet the Team
UpEnergy has over 200 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 Director:
partnerships@upenergygroup.com
UpEnergy is a social enterprise headquartered in Kampala, Uganda.