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Fonroche Lighting is a company established in 2011 by Yann Maus, formerly a part of Fonroche Énergie. Its headquarters are located in Agen, in the department of Lot-et-Garonne, France. The company operates in the solar public lighting sector and serves all five continents: America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Asia.

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Fonroche Lighting introduced a range of autonomous solar streetlights named Smartlight to the market in 2012. It is an intelligent solar lamppost of French design. It minimizes environmental impact and offers cost savings for municipalities because it operates using renewable energy and has lower installation and maintenance requirements compared to a conventional electrical grid installation. .

Fonroche Lighting is present in more than 50 countries and has 4 subsidiaries worldwide ,. The company has notably provided lighting for a viaduct in Colombia, the AIBD international airprt in Dakar, the NOOR solar power plant in Ouarzazate, and an Indian reserve in Eagle Butt, South Dakota. .

In 2012, Fonroche illuminated the E.Leclerc Carcassonne parking lot, which became the first hypermarket to equip its entire parking area with solar lighting. .

In April 2018, Fonroche won a contract in Colombia to illuminate the Gran Maglar Gargantua Bridge with the supply of 500 solar streetlights.

At the end of 2018, Fonroche Lighting won a contract in Senegal for the supply of 50,000 solar streetlights, representing 30% of the country's lighting. A contract formalized by President Macron during his official visit to Senegal. .

A few months later, the company secured a new contract for 15,000 solar streetlights in Benin And continued its international expansion by acquiring its American competitor, SolarOne, in 2019.

In 2021, Fonroche Lighting organized the Fonroche Lighting Tour, a traveling event aimed at raising awareness among city officials and technical directors about the use of solar lighting. This event took place in 26 cities in France, Switzerland, and Belgium.

In March 2022, Fonroche Lighting won a second contract in Senegal for the supply of 67,000 solar streetlights, representing 121 million euros and enabling the illumination of 265 remote localities in the country.

In November 2022, during the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales in Paris, Fonroche Lighting signed an agreement with the Agen Urban Community and UGAP for the deployment of 6,000 autonomous solar streetlights to replace 7,000 outdated and energy-consuming lampposts. This initiative was applauded by the media, which reported that Agen would have the largest solar public lighting park in Europe.