It has developed an innovative integrated business model combining engineering and financing. Solairedirect industrializes the downstream photovoltaic processes with a cost-driven, risk-controlled and grid-compatible approach: project development, design and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction), structured financing and legal engineering, operation and maintenance, power sales and grid ser
vices. Solairedirect applies its proven Integrated Power Producer business model in SADC countries, and complements its technical experience with the commercial expertise and local market knowledge of teams and investors on the ground, delivering a complete solar electricity service to the Southern African market. Founded in France in 2006, with the mission of making solar power accessible to all and fully competitive with other sources of energy, the Solairedirect Group has successfully completed over 250 MW of solar power projects around the world. Headquartered in Paris, France, Solairedirect has power generation subsidiaries around the globe, including in Southern Africa, Northern Africa, India and South America with our PV (solar) panel manufacturing subsidiary, Solairedirect Technologies, located in Cape Town, South Africa.
