Company description
SOLA Group is a South African independent power producer (IPP) and renewable energy developer specialising in utility-scale and commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, increasingly integrated with battery energy storage systems. Founded in 2008, the company focuses on developing, financing, building, owning and operating renewable energy assets, primarily supplying electricity to large commercial and industrial customers through long-term power purchase agreements and wheeling arrangements across South Africa’s grid. SOLA Group has played a pioneering role in enabling private renewable energy procurement in the country, supporting corporate decarbonisation strategies and enhancing energy security through innovative project structures and large-scale hybrid solar-storage developments.
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February 20, 2026
300 MW/660 MWh Hybrid Solar and Battery Energy Project Achieves Financial Close in South Africa
SOLA Group has reached financial close and begun construction on the Naos-1 hybrid solar and battery energy project with corporate partners Sasol and Air Liquide, near Viljoenskroon in South Africa's...
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December 07, 2022
Canadian Solar supplies modules for 256 MW solar PV projects in North West Province
Canadian Solar Inc. and SOLA Group have signed a 256 MW solar module contract to provide the first two largest utility-scale solar power projects in South Africa, which are based on private power purc...
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November 11, 2022
Sungrow supplies PV inverter for 256 MWp South African solar project
Sungrow has secured a contract for the supply of photovoltaic (PV) inverters for SOLA's 256 MWp solar project, the largest private IPP photovoltaic (PV) project in South Africa. The solar facility wil...
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August 29, 2019
Sola Group receives ZAR400m financing for 40 MW solar portfolio
The South African solar developer, SOLA Group, has received financing from African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) and Nedbank Energy Finance for the development of a 40 MW solar photov...
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