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Top 25 Community solar developers based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 105 community solar developers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 655 professional contacts across them, including 226 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers community solar developers headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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655Contacts tracked
226Verified emails
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The 25 largest community solar developers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 105 community solar developers based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to community solar developers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200128 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Solareff is a specialist South African-based renewable energy solutions company, with a proven track record of installing medium to large-scale rooftop and ground-mounted Solar…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500122 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At ABC Solar, we do more than deliver solar infrastructure; we engineer certainty.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sparki is a rapidly growing solar installation company that aims to provide high-quality.compliant solar installations to homeowners, and business alike.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We offer Integrated Smart and Sustainable Energy solutions that include Solar PV, Water, and Lighting solutions for the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural and Residential…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sosimple Energy makes cheap clean energy available to business customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

Solar energy is becoming increasingly popular within Sectional Title Schemes and Homeowners' Associations (Community schemes), who are looking for alternatives to carbon‑based…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Asiye Green has extensive managerial and technical experience in delivering successful projects in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pure Electrical Solutions is a leading solar company dedicated to providing innovative and sustainable energy solutions for residential, industrial, and commercial sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Partial evidenceDurbanville, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Industrial experience: Our team’s expertise is built upon years of successfully implementing solar projects, including the installation of one of Africa’s most notable rooftop…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Merchant Energy is a private, independent developer and long-term owner of renewable energy and battery storage projects in Southern Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Partial evidenceRivonia, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-2008 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We provide reliable solar power solutions for homeowners and businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Orka Solar, we help South African businesses and farms cut energy costs and become less dependent on the grid.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Strong evidenceMidrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-106 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Amperion Energy is a renewable energy project developer focusing on building and managing medium-sized to large Solar PV plants to commercial entities as a power service (utility).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Partial evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-5005 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We're not your average solar company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We specialise in developing, financing, building and operating solar power sites in Sub-Saharan Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At SOCO ENERGY, our vision is to drive South Africa's growth in sustainable energy technologies therein empowering and energizing our economy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Empowering businesses and homes with clean, affordable energy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At LRG Solar, we're more than just a solar energy company; we're pioneers in the renewable energy revolution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Indirect evidenceCenturion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our company has been operating since February 2018.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMeyerspark, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At REP, we deliver energy solutions that power progress.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Borena Energy is a developer of Access to Energy projects through renewable energy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Strong evidenceSomerset West, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Advanced Solutions South Africa we are committed to promoting energy independence with the installation of solar Photo-voltaic systems in our local communities, with a combined…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At NuHome, we are on a mission to revolutionise the way people power their apartments, homes and businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Partial evidenceGeorge, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sunsolv is a pioneering solar energy company, leading the charge in South Africa's transition to renewable energy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NOESKOM is an end-to-end Renewable Energy Utilities Company with a focus on solar energy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Community solar developers based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
34.5%Verified-email coverage
6.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
26.7%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
61
11-50
34
51-200
7
201-500
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 105 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among community solar developers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “community solar developers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names community solar developers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among community solar developers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 226 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Community solar developers by metro

  • Community solar developers in Johannesburg28

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names community solar developers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many community solar developers are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 105 community solar developers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Solareff, headquartered in Roodepoort, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most community solar developers?

Johannesburg leads with 28 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (15) and Pretoria (7).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 226 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 105 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.