We’re expecting a very exciting decade ahead and are excited to be part of a more sustainable energy mix going forward,” he said.
SolarAfrica’s ten-year involvement in the industry has been marked by several notable achievements:
- The installation of the first grid-tied PPA in Kenya in 2013
- The first to launch its solar proposal and project development software tool called Unifii, which enables businesses to create solar proposals within minutes
- Later that year, the company launched their residential product and signed the first residential (body corporate) PPA in South Africa
- The company funded the largest battery system in Africa in 2016, which was also the first Tesla PowerPack installed on the continent
- In 2016, SolarAfrica won the Frost & Sullivan Award for South African Solar Rooftop PV Entrepreneurial Company of the Year
- In 2020, SolarAfrica signed and constructed one of the largest solar carports in the world for Ford Motor Company Southern Africa
SolarAfrica’s residential and commercial PPA solution
SolarAfrica provides a solar finance solution through a PPA that enables users to reduce their monthly electricity costs by up to 30% and become more sustainable organisations, without having to pay any upfront capital.
Its fully-installed Tier 1 solar PV system requires zero capital investment, while the agreement includes full maintenance, monitoring and insurance throughout the lifetime of the agreement.
The company conducts a full technical review to determine each client’s consumption trends, which ensures that the solar systems provided are customised to provide the best possible cost savings for each client.
All systems are monitored 24/7 to ensure optimum customer savings and any faulty or broken equipment is covered and replaced at no cost to the client.
“Not only do we offer a guaranteed uptime of 98% on all of our solutions, but the greatest advantage to SolarAfrica’s PPA is our ‘No Take, No Pay’ clause, which means you only pay for the power you use,” says Alheit.
