About LIRE

The Lao Institute for Renewable Energy (LIRE) is a Social Professional Non-Profit Organisation dedicated to the sustainable development of a self sufficient renewable energy sector in Lao PDR. The institute offers agronomical, technological and socio-economic research services, and works to provide free public resources. LIRE strives to support the development of the country by exploring commercially viable means to establish long term alternatives to conventional practices.

LIRE was founded in October 2006 by Lao companies, organizations and agencies with the common vision to establish a platform for renewable energy research in Lao PDR. LIRE is a government-authorised Non Profit Organisation operating under the Lao Union of Science and Engineering Associations (LUSEA), the umbrella organisation set up by the Lao National Science Council (NSC) in 2001.

The principal founding member of LIRE was Sunlabob Renewable Energy Ltd, a highly successful Lao company that has won several international awards in recent years for its efforts in providing off-grid rural electricity solutions. Other founding members include the National University of Laos (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture); XAO BAN Group; Lao Association of Organic Products Promotion (LAOPP); Geo - Systems International Ltd; Sciences and Technology Research Institute (STRI); and the Lao Renewable Energy Services Development Association (RESDA).