Sunlabob is a Lao private commercial company, set up in 2000 and licensed in 2001. The company operates as a profitable, full-service renewable energy provider, providing commercially-viable energy services for remote areas where the public electricity grid does not yet reach. Since 2008, when Sunlabob launched an Energy Efficiency department, the company not only focuses on rural areas, but also on urban ones, conducting energy audits, energy efficiency consultancies for buildings and factories, and supplying and installing energy-efficient materials. In 2009, Sunlabob became the first private Energy Saving Company (ESCo) in the Lao PDR. Sunlabob has a comprehensive organization structure made up of an executive management team of seven members supported by 50 staff members in finance and administration, project management and engineering. Sunlabob is continuing to expand its franchise network throughout the region and has established a strong external support structure made up of local and international business and technical consultants. Sunlabob's staff members are inquisitive, motivated and constantly upgrading their knowledge and skills to be the best in their field. Moreover, they come from varied countries and are fluent in English, Thai, Lao, German, French, Mandarin, Arabic and more.

In rural areas, Sunlabob has acquired unrivalled knowledge and experience of the local market and stakeholders while developing and researching energy solutions. These solutions mostly use solar and small-scale hydro power technologies, offering a clean, safe, and sustainable alternative to the consumption of kerosene or wood for lighting or other uses in rural households throughout the Lao PDR. In addition to environmental and health benefits, these interventions support the development of rural communities, as people can pursue an education and income-generating activities during the time previously occupied by conventional practices such as collecting firewood.

Urban areas

Corporate Responsibility

• Sunlabob believes that responsible, long-term oriented entrepreneurship is the driving force for sustainable economic development and for providing managerial, technical, and financial resources needed to meet social and environmental challenges.
• With this being the core principle behind our approach, we can generate a profit as well as provide a service to the developing country of Laos. To this end, we have been committed since our inception to providing our solutions at affordable and competitive rates.
• Furthermore, we are dedicated to helping achieve UN Millennium Development Goal #7: Ensure environmental sustainability. Sunlabob thus also participates in the UNEP Climate Neutral Network.

Our achievements

• Sunlabob has installed more than 10,000 systems in over 500 villages and locations in Laos.
• Sunlabob has received numerous international awards for its innovative ideas.
• Sunlabob has public private partnerships with various development agencies, such as GTZ, DEG, and IFC.
• Sunlabob has expanded its Solar Lantern Rental System operations into Uganda and Afghanistan.
• Sunlabob is expanding into village grids with hybrid renewable energy sources and has launched R&D efforts for solar pumping and biofuels.
• Sunlabob has successfully initiated a rental service for energy systems that allows households and villages to afford electricity.
• Sunlabob teamed with other Lao agencies to launch the Lao Institute for Renewable Energy (LIRE), a non-profit organization dedicated to the research and testing of viable renewable energy technology.
• Sunlabob is a key player in carbon-reducing concepts and has successfully entered the carbon trading market.
• Sunlabob installed the Lao PDR's first grid connected solar system at the German Embassy.
• Sunlabob conceptualised and implemented the Lao PDR's first rural electrification project connected to the national grid.