Kyoto Energy
Kyoto Energy is a Nairobi-based renewable energy company, providing solar-driven utilities for developing countries.
Kyoto Energy was founded in Norway in 2007 by the Norwegian inventor Jon Bøhmer, and has had its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya since 2008.
In 2009, Kyoto Energy won the Financial Times Climate Challenge Award for the Kyoto Box, a groundbreaking new concept for a solar cooker.
Kyoto Energy Ltd. is a founding partner of, and a driving force behind the Kyoto Institute of Renewable Energy. The Institute is a public-private partnership between Kyoto Energy Ltd. and the Narok University College (a sub-constituent of Moi University), and currently offers the Diploma of Renewable Energy Management program. The Kyoto Institute of Renewable Energy was officially launched on July 17, 2010.
A bankruptcy order for the Norwegian entity of Kyoto Energy was issued by Gjøvik Tingrett (District Court) in Norway on April 6, 2011.