Solar & Backup Power
Keeping the cold chain alive when the grid drops
Solar PV and hybrid backup engineered specifically around refrigeration and HVAC loads. Compressors have brutal starting currents — we design for those first, then add the office plugs and lighting.
- Focus
- Refrigeration-priority hybrid systems
- Array size
- 5kWp – 150kWp
- Protection
- Soft starters and phase-failure relays
- Monitoring
- Per-circuit consumption reporting
Deployment scope
- 01Load audit separating critical cold-chain from comfort loads
- 02Inverter sizing for compressor inrush, not just running watts
- 03Soft starter and phase protection retrofits
- 04Essential-load board separation and changeover
- 05Roof structure and shading assessment before array layout
What Actually Goes Wrong
- —Inverters that trip every time a compressor tries to start
- —Whole-building backup attempted with a battery sized for lights
- —No phase-failure protection, burning out three-phase motors
Solar & Backup Power By Division
Each division page covers the local conditions that change how this system is specified and serviced — salt air, industrial dust, trading hours, access and response time.
33.8983° S, 18.6292° E
Bellville
Within 60 minutes
33.8703° S, 18.6338° E
Tyger Valley
Within 75 minutes
33.8628° S, 18.6055° E
Welgemoed
Within 75 minutes
33.8551° S, 18.6162° E
Welgedacht
Within 90 minutes
33.8747° S, 18.6109° E
Loevenstein
Within 75 minutes
33.8617° S, 18.5758° E
Plattekloof
Within 90 minutes
33.9219° S, 18.6417° E
Bellville South
Within 60 minutes
33.9006° S, 18.5893° E
Parow
Within 60 minutes
33.8901° S, 18.6242° E
Oakdale
Within 45 minutes
33.8846° S, 18.6376° E
Boston
Within 50 minutes
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