Case study · Agricultural
Off-grid farm and borehole system
Reliable power and water security on a property beyond viable grid supply
- SECTOR
- Agricultural
- REGION
- Western Cape
- SOLAR PV
- 15 kWp solar PV
- STORAGE
- 30 kWh battery
- TECHNOLOGY
- Solar PV · Battery storage · Off-grid
REPRESENTATIVE CASE STUDY · ILLUSTRATIVE VISUALS, PENDING CONFIRMED PROJECT DATA
Client context
A working smallholding with a farmhouse, cold storage and irrigation boreholes, where a grid connection upgrade was quoted at a prohibitive cost.
The challenge
The property needed dependable power day and night, water pumping matched to solar hours, and a system that farm staff could operate and understand.
The Solaris solution
An off-grid design combined PV, battery storage and a backup generator with automatic start. Borehole pumping was scheduled into peak solar hours, storing water rather than electricity where possible.
Results
- Grid connection upgrade avoided entirely
- Water pumping aligned to solar generation hours
- Remote monitoring for proactive support
Architecture
How systems like this are wired.
Next step
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