SCOPE
124kW ROOFTOP SOLAR
STATUS
OPERATIONAL
Non-Profit Energy Independence
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SECTOR
HUMANITARIAN / NON-PROFIT

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THE CHALLENGE

Gift of the Givers—Africa's largest disaster relief organisation—operates facilities that must function reliably regardless of grid conditions. Communications infrastructure, medical cold storage, and operational centres cannot afford interruption.

Crippling energy costs drained funding that could otherwise go directly to humanitarian aid. Unreliable grid power also threatened time-sensitive relief coordination at a moment when every second counts. The organisation needed energy independence to focus on its mission—not its electricity bills.

OPERATIONS
24/7
GRID DEPENDENCY
ELIMINATED
MISSION
CRITICAL
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THE ENGINEERING

In4Solar engineered a rooftop solar PV system with intelligent hybrid inverters, purpose-built to keep Gift of the Givers' operational facilities powered through any grid event. The system generates clean energy during the day while seamlessly switching to backup power the moment grid supply drops.

Rooftop panels were installed on the facility's available roof surfaces, maximising generation capacity within the structural constraints of the existing building. All inverters were configured for automatic islanding—cutting over to battery-backed operation within milliseconds, preserving communications, lighting, and critical equipment continuity.

Rooftop
PV Installation
High-efficiency panels across available roof surfaces
Hybrid
Inverter Systems
Automatic failover inverters with battery backup
Zero
Operational Downtime
All critical systems remain live during load shedding
Rooftop Solar Array
Monocrystalline PV panels mounted on structural racking, positioned for maximum daily yield on the facility rooftop
Intelligent Hybrid Inverters
Multi-mode inverters manage grid feed-in, self-consumption, and automatic battery backup switching in real time
Priority Load Protection
Communications equipment, medical refrigeration, and administrative systems are isolated on protected circuits with guaranteed inverter backup
Real-Time Energy Monitoring
Live dashboard tracks solar generation, battery state, and grid import, enabling the organisation to report on energy savings and environmental impact
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HUMANITARIAN IMPACT

MISSION

NEVER STOPS

OPERATIONAL IMPACT

COST SAVINGS
R868k/yr
Funds redirected from electricity bills back into humanitarian programmes
RESILIENCE
TOTAL
Operations continue uninterrupted through any grid outage event
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