Solar irrigation & pumping
Direct-drive and battery-backed solar pump systems for borehole, surface and pivot irrigation. Sized for your actual water requirements, not generic pump specs.
Borehole Surface Pivot
AGRICULTURAL & IRRIGATION ENERGY
Energy solutions built for South African farming.
Purpose-designed solar and hybrid systems for irrigation, processing, cold storage and remote farm operations, engineered to handle the real demands of agricultural production.
01 / THE CHALLENGE
Farming can't afford grid dependency.
South African agriculture runs on energy: pumps, pivots, cold chain, processing equipment, packing facilities, worker accommodation. And that energy is increasingly expensive, unreliable and unavailable in the areas where it is needed most.
A farm is not one load. It is a dozen of them, each with its own duty cycle, each pulling hardest at a different point in the season, and a single outage in the wrong week costs more than the power ever did.
SA Solar designs energy systems that work in the field: robust, efficient, and built for the specific load profiles and environmental conditions of South African farming operations.
Load inventory
What a working farm actually carries.
Every one of these has a different profile, a different tolerance for interruption, and a different answer. We size against all of them, not against a headline kilowatt figure.
Borehole pumps Centre pivots Surface irrigation Cold rooms Pack houses Processing lines Worker accommodation Security & lighting Workshops
02 / OUR AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS
What we design for farms.
Four system types, specified around the work the farm has to do. Most operations end up with more than one of them, tied into a single design.
Cold storage & processing energy
Reliable power for refrigeration, cold chain and processing equipment, where power interruptions mean product losses.
Refrigeration Cold chain Processing
Farm infrastructure power
Worker accommodation, packing sheds, security, lighting and auxiliary systems, fully solar-powered or hybrid with battery backup.
Accommodation Packing sheds Security & lighting
Off-grid & remote site systems
Full off-grid solutions for farms and stations far from reliable grid infrastructure. Designed to eliminate diesel generator dependency.
Remote stations Hybrid Diesel replacement
03 / SOUTH AFRICAN CONDITIONS
Irrigation and cold chain follow the sun. So does the resource.
Pumping hours and refrigeration load rise in the hot, dry months, the same months the solar resource is at its strongest. The Northern Cape and the interior carry the highest irradiance in the country, which is why we size a farm against its local figure rather than a national average.
4.9
6.6 kWh/m²/day
Selected province
Northern Cape
Hover or select a province to compare its solar resource. Marked points are the major load centres we design against.
Irradiance
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Specific yield
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10 kWp array
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Provincial averages from public irradiance data, converted at a performance ratio of 0.80. Site-specific yield is modelled per project.
04 / HOW WE WORK
From the first site visit to the season after commissioning.
The same process we run on every project, applied to a working farm, with the assessment built around your pumping schedule, your cold-chain duty and the months that actually hurt.
01
Energy assessment
We start by understanding your usage, tariff structure, site constraints and goals: pump duty, irrigation hours, cold-chain load and seasonal peaks. No assumptions. No generic proposals.
02
Engineering & design
Our in-house team designs a system around your actual needs. Correct sizing, quality components, optimised for savings and long-term performance.
03
Installation
Professional installation by qualified electricians and certified solar engineers. We work to deadline, communicate throughout, and take responsibility for the outcome.
04
Commissioning & handover
Full system commissioning, documentation and training. You understand what you have, how it works, and what to expect.
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Ongoing support
Monitoring, maintenance and warranty management. We remain your energy partner long after installation.
Honest sizing, on a farm, matters more than anywhere else.
Undersize the system and the pumps stop when the season is at its tightest. Oversize it and you have paid for capacity the crop never needed. We will not win work by cutting corners on either side of that line.
- In-house engineering: we design what we install
- Quality-first component selection: not the cheapest option, the right option
- Honest system sizing: we will not oversell capacity you don't need
- Full project lifecycle capability, from feasibility through commissioning to aftercare
- Level 4 B-BBEE certified, proudly South African
GET STARTED
Power your farm independently.
Tell us what the farm runs and where it runs it. We will assess the site, model the case honestly, and design the system the operation actually needs.