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2018 J a n u a r y

Solar PV report

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2018 J a n u a r y

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Topics to be covered in this reportTopics to be covered in this report 21. Disclaimer 3 2. Definitions 3 3. Overview 4

3.1.Research methodology 4 3.1.Margin of error 4 3.2.Database 4

3.2.1.Nr of installations 4 3.2.2.Countries 5 3.2.3.Generation capacity 5 3.2.4.Sectors 5 3.2.5.Ranges 6

4. Equipment 7 4.1.Brands 7

4.1.1.Mounting structure brands 7 4.1.2.Mounting structure brand - market presence 8 4.1.3.Module brands 10 4.1.4.Module brand - market presence 10 4.1.5.Inverter brands 10 4.1.6.Inverter brand - market presence 10

5. Installations 11 5.1.Rooftop, Carport and Ground-mount 11

5.1.1.Per range 11 5.1.2.Per province 11 5.1.3.Per year 11 5.1.4.Capacity growth per annum 11 5.1.5.Total estimated installed capacity 11

6. Contractors 11 6.1.By generation capacity 11 6.2.By number of installations 11

7. Finance 11 7.1.Investment according to generation capacity 11 7.2.Investment per sector 11

8. Contractor list 11

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1. DisclaimerThis report is published in the interest of industry and is solely based on information contained in the PQRS database which is governed, managed and maintained according to the PQRS research methodology.

While this report has been prepared with care, PQRS, the author and other contributors provide no warranty with regards to the content and shall not be liable for any direct, incidental or consequential damages that may result from the use of the information or the data contained in this or any other report. Nor PQRS nor the author accepts any responsibility for the way in which the information contained in this report is applied, used or interpreted by the reader.

The author has taken due care in preparing the content of the report and it is free of any biased views, for the most part “personal opinion” and prejudice. Published values have been checked and checked again, however we cannot accept any form of responsibility for names which have been mis-spelled, incorrect references i.e. where “a” is trading under a t/a as “b” or errors which have gone un-noticed. Typing errors will be fixed and the document will be re-published with a note on the web-page indicating updates to the document in order to keep readers and interested parties informed.

Reproduction is authorized providing the material is unabridged and the source is acknowledged.

2. Definitionsa. EPC - Engineering, Procurement & Construction b. PV - Photovoltaic c. Range - Described in section 3.2.5 d. REI4P - Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program e. SA - South Africa

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3. OverviewThis report will focus mainly on solar PV installations within South Africa. However for the contractor listings, the total capacity will be for all systems installed by a specific contractor throughout Africa and not just SA. For more on contractors, please see the section titled “Contractors” In an effort to reduce the length of the report, the research methodology can be viewed as a separate item by clicking on the “research methodology” link or by visiting http://pqrs.co.za/pqrs-pv-research-methodology/.

Integrity of source data has been confirmed by The Western Cape Government, Eskom, CPUT and other institutions during the period 2016-2017.

3.1.Research methodology Please refer to the methodology for more information on: • Missing data, • Questions related to contractors, and • How listings are obtained.

3.1.Margin of error A safe and realistic margin of error for this report is considered to be 10% up or down. More on error margins can be seen in the research methodology.

3.2.Database

3.2.1.Nr of installations This report was compiled using sections of the complete database which consisted of 138654 installations (at the time of publishing the report) most of which are situated in SA. Approximately 40 installations in the database are utility scale PV plants leaving the remainder to be privately owned rooftop, ground-mount and carport PV plants.

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3.2.2.Countries Information for SA only; was used in order to compile report graphs and content as reflected in sections 4 and 5 below. The complete database includes solar PV installation information from **16 African Countries i.e.- Botswana - DRC - Egypt - Kenya - Lesotho - Madagascar - Malawi - Mozambique

- Namibia - Nigeria - Principi Island - South Africa - St.Helena - Sudan - Tanzania - Zambia

**Names above, appear in alphabetical order across two columns

3.2.3.Generation capacity At the time of issuing this report the generation capacity of the complete database was 1 193 124,7kWp (1,2GWp) which included utility scale installations from REI4P Window 1. For variation in AC and DC generation values please see the research methodology.

Section 4 and 5 of this report considered C & I, residential and agricultural installations for SA only and disregarded installations listed in other countries as well as utility scale installations using a base of 250,33MWp for SA only in ranges 1 to 5

3.2.4.Sectors Unless indicated otherwise, this report includes installations from all sectors being Agricultural, Residential and Commercial-and-industrial.

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3.2.5.Ranges Ranges are also explained in greater detail in our research methodology. All solar PV installations have been broken down into ranges in order to allow easy categorization. There are 6 ranges in total starting at 0 for very large utility scale plants and ending at 5 for very very small PV systems.

" Please see table 3 for more detail on this pyramid

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Range PV System Sizing

0 >5MWp of which most are utility scale systems

1 Equal to or >1MWp and =<5MWp

2 >100kWp and <1MWp

3 >10kWp and =<100kWp

4 >1kWp and =<10kWp

5 <1kWpTable 3

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4. Equipment

4.1.Brands

4.1.1.Mounting structure brands Names indicated below is a reflection of the way in which installation data was submitted by installers and the type of information contained within the database.Names displayed alongside another brand may be due to different brands being used on the same installation. These name combinations could be due to roof type, roof structure or installer preference. Mounting structure brands presented below are indicated in alphabetical order.

- 3M VHB - AC/DC - Chikolar - Clenergy - Clever Devices - Clipset - Custom - GRS - IBC - Illaanga - KD Solar - Knubix - Lizard - Lizard / 3m VHB - Lock Solar - Pia solar - PLP - Renesola - Renusol - Romano Structure - Rubicon

- S Flex - S flex/Stainex - Safintra - Schletter - Schletter, Lizard, Renesola - Scnetler FS2 - Solar MD - Solarstrut - SolarWorld - SolarWorld & S-Flex - Solsquare - Stainex - Terrafix - TKRS - Tritec SA - U/fix - Valsa - K2 - Unknown - Zephyr

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4.1.2.Mounting structure brand - market presence Names of brands that do not appear below are not reflected in the database. Diagram 3 below therefore reflects the representation of brands within the dataset. It is possible for brands to raise their profile within the dataset by sharing installation information. The largest portion of “missing information” is contained within Range 4 (1-10kWp) and range 3 (11-100kWp) installations. The sample set of data used to generate Diagram 3 below had a combined generation capacity of 63MW. The shortfall of data between the total generation capacity (250MW) used for this report and the sample set (63MW) for this section of the report was not submitted by installers and captured as “unknown” in the dataset.

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4.1.3.Module brands

4.1.4.Module brand - market presence

4.1.5.Inverter brands

4.1.6.Inverter brand - market presence

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5. Installations

5.1.Rooftop, Carport and Ground-mount

5.1.1.Per range

5.1.2.Per province

5.1.3.Per year

5.1.4.Capacity growth per annum

5.1.5.Total estimated installed capacity

6. Contractors

6.1.By generation capacity

6.2.By number of installations

7. Finance

7.1.Investment according to generation capacity

7.2.Investment per sector

8. Contractor listThe contractor list from the following page onwards, represents all installers, EPC's, designers and consultants involved in the sector that we are aware of. It excludes some of the sub-contractors used by sub-contractors for specific projects. Should you wish to include a name, please send us an e-mail with the name and contact details that should be included

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1 1energy

2 1Son

3 3Phaseelectrical

4 3DrHoldings

5 4YourHome(Pty)Ltd.

6 AandECroussolarsystems

7 ABBEPC

8 AceWholesalers

9 ACESEnergy(Pty)Ltd

10 AcJveSolar

11 ADRDistributors

12 AdsolarEPC(PTY)LTD

13 Adsolartech

14AdvancedTechnologyHoldings(ATHinnovaJons)

15 Adzamsolar

16AE-AMDIndependentPowerProducer1(Pty)Ltd

17 AffordableSolar

18AfricanAlternaJveTechnologies

19 AfricanSolarPower(Pty)Ltd

20 AfricanSunEnergy(PTY)LTd

21 AfricanTechnicalInnovaJons

22 AfriSolarSupplies

23 AGETechnologies(Pty)Ltd

24 AgriSolar

25AGSSolarDistributors(PTY)Ltd.

26 AircondiJoningSuperstore

27AircondiJoningServices(Pty)Ltd

28 AlbertonEnergyPtyLtd

29AlensyAlternaJveEnergySystemsCC

30 AllEnergyWesternCape

31 Allelec

32 AllsolarCenturion

33 AllsolarCeres

34 AllsolarDurban

35 AllsolarEastLondon

36 AllsolarEastRand

37 AllsolarGardenRoute

38 AllsolarHarrismith

39 AllsolarKathu

40 AllsolarKlerksdorp

41 AllsolarMiddelburg

42 AllsolarMosselBay

43 AllsolarNaJonal

44 AllsolarNorthLimpopo

45 AllsolarNorthWest

46 AllsolarOverberg

47 AllsolarPretoriaEast

48 AllsolarZeerust

49 AlternaJveEnergyAfrica

50 AlveoEnergy

51 AMGroup

52AmleyComputer&ElectricalServices

53 AmplePowercc

54 AmpleSolar

55 AMSolar

56 AnnectoEnergy

57 Ansec166PtyLtd

58 AnxaTechnologiesCC

59 APSSolar(Pty)Ltd

60 ARCCONCC

61 ArronSolar&Electrical

62 ArJflexEngineering

63 ASRollerDoorscc

64 ASMEnergyProjects

65 Asunim

66 AtescoTechnologies

67 AtlanJcSolarNamibia

68 AtomAir

69 Aurecon

70 AutoconSystems

71AutomaJon&LighJngControl

72 AutomaJon&ProtecJonCC

73 AvecSolaire

74 Avelar

75 AWPower(Pty)Ltd

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Contractors - All the B’s