From Water to Watts: Solar Pumping and Agrivoltaics for Ethiopian Agriculture

Food and energy are the twin foundations of rural prosperity — and Green Scene Energy builds systems that deliver both at once.

Our solar water pumping program has deployed hundreds of high-efficiency pump systems to smallholder and commercial farms across Ethiopia, replacing diesel and hand pumping with reliable, sun-powered irrigation. Backed by innovative consumer financing developed with Ethiopian financial institutions, these systems are transforming rain-fed plots into productive, climate-resilient farms.

We are now taking the food–energy connection a step further with agrivoltaics: systems that combine crop cultivation with solar generation on the same land. By pairing farming — including high-value crops like spices — with elevated solar arrays, agrivoltaics lets the same plot produce food and power together, improving land productivity and creating new income streams for farming communities.

Interested in productive-use energy for your farm, cooperative, or agricultural program? Get in touch.