SOLA Group is a South African renewable energy infrastructure, generation, and storage company.[1] Founded in 2008, the group is headquartered in Cape Town.
The company provides energy to corporate clients through power purchase agreements (PPAs), both on-site and through wheeling. SOLA builds, owns, and operates private renewable wheeling projects across Southern Africa. As of 2026, the company has built over 100 such projects in 4 countries, and operates around 700 MW of private renewable energy production.[1]
SOLA was the first independent power producer (IPP) in South Africa to be awarded a generation license for a private, utility-scale power plant outside of the public renewable energy procurement process, the first company to finance a utility-scale renewable wheeling project, and the first company to wheel green energy at scale across SA's national power grid.[4]
History
In late 2020, South African energy company African Rainbow Energy and Power (AREP), founded by businessman