Yellow Door Energy (YDE) is an award-winning sustainable energy partner for businesses in Jordan, providing Build-Own-Operate- Transfer (BOOT) solar, storage and energy efficiency solutions.
Founded in 2015, the company now has more than 200 megawatts of awarded solar projects in Jordan, UAE, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and South Africa. To-date, its projects have generated more than 284,000 megawatt-hours of clean energy, equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by 201,000 tonnes.
The company’s projects enable businesses to reduce energy costs, improve power reliability and lower carbon emissions.
Its customers include Carrefour Jordan/Majid Al Futtaim, Umniah, Nestlé, Unilever, among many others. The company’s technology applications include rooftop solar, ground-mount solar, solar carports, EV chargers, and more.
As the BOOT solar provider, Yellow Door Energy finances, designs, constructs, commissions, operates and maintains the solar projects over 10-20 years.
In October 2022, Yellow Door Energy officially welcomed its newest and majority shareholder, Actis. The company's shareholders now include Actis, the IFC, Mitsui and APICORP. This positions Yellow Door Energy as one of the most well financed solar developers in the region.
YDE has won many prestigious industry awards, including Industrial Solar Project of the Year for Classic Fashion, as voted by the Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA). The CEO of YDE, Jeremy Crane, has recently been named Solar Entrepreneur of the Year by MESIA and the Grand Master of Solar by Solar Quarter Magazine.
YDE representatives regularly speak at industry conferences to share best practices in developing successful solar projects in the MENA region.