Reliable power and cold storage for businesses anywhere the grid falls short. No equipment to buy. One monthly fee.
We install solar panels, batteries and cold rooms at your site. You pay a fixed monthly fee that costs 20–30% less than diesel and grid power. We own and maintain everything — you just save.
What do you need? Pick your path
Solar power for my business
Replace diesel with a solar + battery system sized to your load. We own it, you pay monthly.
Solar power →Cold storage for my products
Solar-powered cold rooms for fish, produce, flowers, dairy and medicines that never lose the chain.
Cold storage →Both — power and cold chain
One installation, one contract, one monthly fee. The full Energy-as-a-Service package.
Solar + cold chain →A portable unit for my shop
Solar generators, freezers and fridges from US$126. Buy outright, delivered through our distributors.
Shop products →Frontières Bay Energies is a Canadian Energy-as-a-Service company (founded 2018, Ottawa) that installs and operates solar power, battery storage and cold storage at commercial sites in Africa — with live installations in Nigeria, Mauritania and Sierra Leone — for one fixed monthly fee, 20–30% below diesel and grid cost, with no equipment for the customer to buy.
Diesel is bleeding your business dry. Spoilage is finishing the job.
Across emerging markets, businesses face the same three-way squeeze:
The rest comes from diesel — expensive, polluting and failure-prone.
Only 5% of fresh produce in Africa enters a cold chain. Billions lost to spoilage every year.
Diesel-powered operations can't compete in export markets on cost.
Installed and running — from Nouakchott to Ibadan to Freetown.
Real systems at real businesses. Here is what we built, and what it changed.
Frozen fish cold store powered by the sun
A 10-tonne frozen store at −25 °C on Mauritania's Atlantic coast, run on solar by day and battery by night — with no diesel for refrigeration.
A groundnut and palm-kernel oil press running on solar
A 15 kW three-phase press in Ibadan that used to depend on a diesel generator now runs its full 8-hour shift on a solar + battery system with soft-start surge control.
Solar freezers for fish traders at market
Modular FBE solar freezer units give Freetown fish traders overnight cold hold with zero fuel cost — stock that used to be sold at a loss by evening now keeps until the next day.
One installation. One contract. Power and cold storage together.
Most providers sell you solar OR cold storage. We deliver both as a single integrated service — designed, installed, owned and maintained by us.
Battery Storage
100–500 kWh long-life LFP batteries for night operations, backup and peak shaving.
Cold Storage
10–50 MT cold rooms, −25 °C to +8 °C, for fresh produce, fish, meat, dairy, vaccines and pharma.
Cold storage →IoT Monitoring
Temperature, output and uptime tracked remotely 24/7 with predictive maintenance.
Typical customer: saves $30,000–60,000 per year in energy costs while eliminating diesel downtime and spoilage losses.
Get your savings estimateFrom audit to operation in five steps.
Our off-grid energy audit service — refined since 2018 — is where every project starts.
Energy audit
We assess your site, energy use and cold chain needs. Free for qualifying businesses.
System design
Custom solar + battery + cold storage system sized to your operations.
Installation
Our local installation partners deploy the full system at your site. No cost to you.
Operation
You pay one fixed monthly fee. We handle all maintenance, monitoring and repairs.
Savings
You save 20–30% from day one — and never buy diesel for power again.
FBE units deployed in the field, and our high-capacity 2.4–5.3 kW range. Stack 3 units for up to 15.9 kWh.
Built for businesses that cannot afford downtime or spoilage.
Our specialised audit service optimises energy and cold chain for energy-scarce regions on any continent.
Fish & Seafood Processors
Frozen storage at −18 to −25 °C that holds through the night on battery — for exporters, markets and processors on the coast.
See the Acto story →Fresh Produce & Cut Flowers
Pre-cooling and cold rooms that cut the 30–50% post-harvest losses — and an unbroken chain from farm to airport for export growers.
Cold storage →Vaccine & Pharmacy Cold Chain
Temperature-guaranteed storage for vaccines, insulin and medicines. Distributors, warehouses and pharmacy networks.
Cold storage →Agri-Processing & Mills
Oil presses, cashew and grain processors with heavy daytime motor loads — solar carries the shift, battery carries the surge.
See the Reblong story →Mining Camps & Remote Operations
Off-grid solar generation for camps and facilities far from reliable grid supply — diesel displacement at scale.
Solar power →Food, Beverage & Hospitality
Dairies, breweries and hotels that need reliable power plus refrigeration under one contract.
Solar + cold chain →Solar equipment for shops, clinics and homes.
Not ready for a full installation? Our portable FBE units bring solar power and solar-powered refrigeration to households, market traders and clinics — sold outright through our distributor network.
Backed by Canada's trade & finance ecosystem
Trade Commissioner ServiceGovernment of Canada
Export Development CanadaEDC
BDCBusiness Development Bank of Canada
RBCRoyal Bank of CanadaFrontières Bay works within Canada's export ecosystem — the Trade Commissioner Service, Export Development Canada, BDC and RBC — to deliver bankable projects across Africa.
Infrastructure that pays for itself — in money and impact.
Founded in Ontario. Built for everywhere the grid falls short.
Frontières Bay Energies was founded in 2018 in Ontario, Canada, as a trusted partner for renewable energy solutions in energy-scarce regions.
We started with off-grid energy audits and portable solar equipment — deploying 100+ systems across Africa through distributor partners. Today we are building an integrated solar + cold chain Energy-as-a-Service platform, bringing reliable power and refrigeration to the businesses that need them most, with no upfront capital required from the customer.
Our first EaaS deployments are live in Africa; the model is built to travel anywhere diesel dependence and cold chain gaps hold businesses back — including South America and the Caribbean.
Why customers choose us
- Since 2018 — proven off-grid audit methodology
- 100+ deployments — real systems in the field, not slideware
- Integrated — power + cold chain in one contract
- Zero CAPEX — we own the equipment, you pay monthly
- Local teams — installation partners in Nigeria and Mauritania
- Monitored 24/7 — IoT sensors and predictive maintenance
Canadian engineering. Local teams where you are.
Design and finance run from Ottawa. Installation, commissioning and service run through our local partner teams in each market.
Ottawa, Canada
7 Bayview Station Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5. Engineering, finance and project design.
Nigeria
Lagos · Ibadan · Abuja. Local installation partner in Lagos; business development team in Abuja.
Mauritania
Nouakchott. Local installation partner for coastal cold storage deployments.
Sierra Leone
Freetown. Solar refrigeration for fish market traders through our distributor network.
Ghana · Kenya · beyond
Open to projects across Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
Local enquiries in any market: write to samuel@frontieresbay.com or use the form below — we reply within 24 hours and route you to the nearest team.
Start with a free energy audit.
Tell us about your site and energy costs. We'll show you what you could save. We respond within 24 hours.
Head office
7 Bayview Station Rd
Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5, Canada
Local teams
Lagos · Abuja · Nouakchott · Freetown