Residential solar & battery storage
Custom-designed home solar systems that reduce or eliminate your Eskom dependence. Grid-tied, hybrid and off-grid options available.
ENGINEERED ENERGY RESILIENCE
South Africa's energy challenge demands a serious partner.
Rising Eskom tariffs. Unreliable grid power. A grid that can no longer be counted on. SA Solar exists to solve this: for individual homeowners, commercial operators, industrial facilities, farms and utility-scale developers alike.
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01 / WHO WE SERVE
Every scale of energy need. One trusted partner.
Whether you're a homeowner wanting to cut your monthly electricity bill, a business looking to control operating costs, or a large-scale developer requiring full project management from feasibility to commissioning, SA Solar has the experience and capacity to deliver.
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Homeowners
High-quality residential solar and battery systems. Honest sizing. Real savings from day one.
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Businesses & industrial operations
Commercial and industrial solar that reduces demand charges, stabilises energy costs, and delivers measurable ROI within 2 to 5 years.
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Farmers & agricultural operations
Purpose-designed energy solutions for irrigation, processing, cold storage and remote operations, built for South African farming conditions.
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Mining & remote sites
Hybrid and off-grid power systems for remote operations. Reliable, engineered for harsh environments, and designed to replace diesel dependency.
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Large-scale developers
Utility-scale renewable energy projects, Battery Energy Storage Systems and hybrid microgrids, delivered by a team with the technical depth to see complex projects through.
THE NETWORK YOU SIT ON
Every kilowatt you generate changes a flow somewhere.
This is a linearised load flow of the national transmission network, solved live in your browser. Raise the load-shedding stage, trip a corridor, or put your own site on solar and battery, and every flow on the diagram re-solves.
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Cape corridor—
Demand shed—
Slack generation—
Worst branch—
Click any line to trip it. If a remaining branch then exceeds its rating, its overload relay operates 1.2 seconds later and it trips too: a cascade, exactly as an N-1-1 contingency study models it.
Modelled, not measured. DC load flow on a 26-bus reduction of the national network, 100 MVA base. Topology and ratings are representative, not Eskom's operational data.
02 / WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUILD
We design what we install.
A solar system is eight engineered decisions stacked on top of each other. Get one wrong and the savings case fails quietly, years later. Select a layer to read how we specify it.
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03 / OUR SOLUTIONS
What we do.
Commercial & industrial solar
Large-format solar systems for businesses, warehouses, factories and commercial properties. Engineered to offset peak demand and maximise ROI.
Agricultural & irrigation energy
Solar-powered irrigation, pump systems and farm energy solutions. Designed for yield, reliability and the demands of agricultural operations across Southern Africa.
Mining & remote power systems
Robust hybrid and off-grid energy systems built for remote sites, mines and operations where grid power is unreliable or non-existent.
Battery energy storage (BESS)
Standalone and integrated battery storage for load shifting, backup power and grid independence, from household scale to utility-scale deployments.
Hybrid & off-grid microgrids
Complete microgrid solutions for industrial parks, estates, agricultural hubs and remote communities. Engineered for reliability and long-term performance.
EV charging infrastructure
Commercial and fleet EV charging solutions, integrated with your solar system to reduce charging costs and futureproof your operations.
Energy audits & optimisation
Before we design anything, we understand your energy use. Our audits identify where you're losing money and how solar can solve it.
Utility-scale renewable energy
Large-format solar parks, wind integration and renewable energy projects for IPPs, municipalities and enterprise clients.
WHAT THE GROUND GIVES BACK
A bifacial module earns its premium underneath.
Sweep along the back of the module. Every hairline is a ray that reached the ground and came back; the ones missing were blocked by the next row. That is the entire argument for row pitch, and it is solved here, live.
Ground cover
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Rear irradiance—
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Hemisphere—
132 rays per sample over the rear hemisphere, Lambertian ground, bifaciality 0.70, GHI 1000 W/m². Row geometry is the plant in the hero: 6.5 m pitch, 4.4 m chord, 1.9 m torque tube.
04 / THE NUMBERS
Model the return before you commit to anything.
We provide detailed financial modelling as part of every proposal. This is the same arithmetic, running live, so you can see the shape of the case before you speak to us.
25-year cash position
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Specific yield
1 650kWh/kWp/yr
Module degradation
0.5% / yr
Horizon
25years
System size
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Indicative capex
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Payback
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25-year net position
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Annual generation
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CO₂ avoided
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Indicative only. Figures assume a well-oriented array at 1 650 kWh/kWp/yr, 0.5% annual module degradation, and installed costs typical for each scale. Real proposals are modelled against your actual tariff structure, load profile and site constraints, including demand charges, which are not represented here. Section 12B tax treatment is not included.
05 / HOW WE WORK
Our process.
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Energy assessment
We start by understanding your usage, tariff structure, site constraints and goals, whether you're a homeowner or a facility manager. No assumptions. No generic proposals.
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Engineering & design
Our in-house team designs a system around your actual needs. Correct sizing, quality components, optimised for savings and long-term performance.
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Installation
Professional installation by qualified electricians and certified solar engineers. We work to deadline, communicate throughout, and take responsibility for the outcome.
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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.
06 / SOUTH AFRICAN CONDITIONS
The resource is here. The engineering has to match it.
South Africa holds one of the strongest solar resources measured anywhere on earth. What differs by province is how much of it a system can actually convert, which is why we size against local irradiance, not a national average.
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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.
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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.
07 / WHY SA SOLAR
Engineering depth. Honest advice. Long‑term partnership.
We will not win work by undersizing or cutting corners. We win it by doing the job properly, and by being straight with you about what solar can and cannot do for your site.
- Decades of combined experience across every sector of the South African energy market
- 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
- Full continuity of service for all existing Quest Group and Sage Electrical Systems clients
GET STARTED
Ready to take control of your energy costs?
Whether you need a residential system for your home or a utility-scale solution for your operation, our team has the experience to get it right.