Case study · Commercial
Distribution warehouse rooftop PV
Daytime tariff consumption cut substantially with clean payback modelling
- SECTOR
- Commercial
- REGION
- Cape Town
- SOLAR PV
- 210 kWp solar PV
- TECHNOLOGY
- Solar PV
REPRESENTATIVE CASE STUDY · ILLUSTRATIVE VISUALS, PENDING CONFIRMED PROJECT DATA
Client context
A distribution facility in the northern suburbs of Cape Town running refrigeration and materials-handling loads through daylight hours, on a demand-based commercial tariff.
The challenge
Rising tariffs were eroding margins, but the board required a defensible feasibility study, structural certainty on the roof and zero disruption to operations during installation.
The Solaris solution
A metered load study and tariff analysis preceded design. The grid-tied array was phased across roof sections with structural sign-off, and generation was matched to the daytime load curve to maximise self-consumption without export penalties.
Results
- Large share of daytime consumption offset by solar
- Feasibility model tracked against metered performance
- Full municipal SSEG approval and compliance documentation
Architecture
How systems like this are wired.
Next step
Facing something similar?
Describe your property and objectives; the assessment does the rest.