The Vientiane based company will supply systems for 2,188 homes, 120 teachers' homes, 20 solar training workshops, 100 small businesses, 30 community centers, seven schools, a village mini grid and one grid connected system as part of the EU-funded scheme.
The European Commission has committed more than US$36 million to renewable energy development in the region up to 2013 and more than $530 million in loan pledges was secured for Pacific nations at the Pacific Energy Summit in Auckland, Australia last month.
Kiribati comprises a string of atolls and access to electricity outside the the main island of Tarawa is around 30%.
Sunlabob last year supplied 1,500 off grid home systems in the Marshall Islands and 3,500 solar lanterns and 70 charging stations across the Federated States of Micronesia.
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