Yellow Door Energy
Growth Score40DXBi Rank173Heat Score100The leading distributed solar and energy efficiency partner for businesses across the Middle East and Africa.
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GWC solar partnership across three Qatar logistics hubs
24.5 MW solar wheeling PPA with PowerX (South Africa)
ACWA Power, Solarabic among winners at 2025 MESIA Solar Awards
Actis acquires controlling stake in Yellow Door Energy
$33 million Jordanian solar portfolio financing
Overview
Growth Score
Steady
Heat Score
Trending up
Details
- Operating Status
- Active
- Company Type
- Private, PE/DFI-backed
- Headquarters
- Dubai, UAE
- Founded
- 2015
- Website
- yellowdoorenergy.com
Products & Services
Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Solar Power (rooftop, ground-mount, carport & solar wheeling)
Core business: build-own-operate solar PV plants for businesses across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and South Africa, sold via long-term PPAs/leases with 10-50% electricity cost savings for customers
Solar Leasing / Power Purchase Agreements
Financing model letting C&I customers procure solar power with no upfront capex, via multi-year lease or PPA contracts
Energy Efficiency Solutions
Energy-efficiency services offered alongside solar leasing to reduce customers' electricity consumption and costs (per 2019 expansion announcement)
Solar Wheeling / Off-site Solar
Grid-wheeled solar power supplied to off-takers who cannot host on-site generation, e.g. the Jordan portfolio and the PowerX South Africa project
People
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Financials
Funding rounds
Projects
Actis acquires controlling stake in Yellow Door Energy
Actis (via its Energy 5 Fund, $6bn investable capital) signed definitive documents to acquire a controlling stake in Yellow Door Energy; existing investors Mitsui, APICORP and IFC increased their investments alongside the deal. At the time YDE had ~200MW of secured production capacity (106MW operational, 104MW under construction) serving 50+ blue-chip customers including Nestlé and Unilever.
Jul 29, 2022
$33 million Jordanian solar portfolio financing
YDE secured up to $33m in financing (DEG, DEG/EBRD joint loan, GEF via EBRD, Spain/EU carbon payments, with HSBC and Arab Bank support) for 8 solar projects (48.3 MWp, ~81 GWh/year) serving 5 commercial offtakers (Umniah, Carrefour, Safeway, Classic Fashion, Taj Mall) under Jordan's wheeling regulations — described as the biggest private-to-private renewables portfolio developed under that regime.
$33M
Feb 5, 2021
24.5 MW solar wheeling PPA with PowerX (South Africa)
YDE signed a 20-year PPA to build and operate the Naledi Ya YDE Solar Park (Leeudoringstad, North West Province, South Africa; 40,000+ panels, 43km line to an Eskom substation, 57.5 GWh/year), with PowerX (South Africa's first licensed private electricity trader) distributing the power to small/medium off-takers via the national grid. Construction was slated to start mid-2025 with commissioning expected 2026.
Mar 11, 2025
GWC solar partnership across three Qatar logistics hubs
Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC) partnered with YDE to develop solar power plants at three logistics facilities in Qatar (Logistics Village Qatar, Bu Sulba Warehousing Park, Al Wukair Logistics Park), part of GWC's carbon-reduction targets; YDE noted it had over 400 MWp of awarded solar capacity across 150 regional sites at the time.
Apr 30, 2025
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