News Flash
- Shoprite’s solar rooftop installations continue throughout South Africa.
- New rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) installations at various sites throughout the country are adding to the Shoprite Group’s growing network of solar-powered and renewable electricity installations in South Africa.
The Group’s current installed capacity of solar PV generates almost 50 million kWh annually with 174 534m2 of solar panels across 71 sites, the equivalent of 24 soccer fields. This is enough to power 4 554 households for a full year, easing pressure on the national electricity grid.
“Renewable energy enables our stores to reduce our environmental impact, and in some cases, continue operating during power cuts.” said Sanjeev Raghubir, Group Sustainability Manager
Solar rooftop installations at Shoprite Waverley in Gauteng.“We aim to power 25% of the Group’s operations with renewables in the next five years and to meet our science-based emission reduction targets, including net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.”
Some of the new sites and generated kWh for each site:
| System Size (kWp) | Annual Generation (kWh) | |
| Shoprite Ceres, Western Cape | 279 kWp | 422,197 kWh |
| Shoprite Primrose, Gauteng | 160 kWp | 250,250 kWh |
| Shoprite Evander, Mpumalanga | 292 kWp | 519,900 kWh |
| Shoprite Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal | 270 kWp | 409,252 kWh |
| Shoprite Harrismith, Free State | 260 kWp | 418,000 kWh |
| Shoprite Waverley, Gauteng | 193 kWp | 438,200 kWh |
| Shoprite Louis Trichardt, Limpopo | 345 kWp | 498,243 kWh |
| Checkers Hyper Brookside, KwaZulu-Natal | 661 kWp | 921,381 kWh |
| Shoprite Lenasia, Gauteng | 265 kWp | 440,600 kWh |
| Checkers Hyper Drakenstein, Western Cape | 648 kWp | 1,003,694 kWh |
| Freshmark Polokwane Distribution Centre, Limpopo | 778 kWp | 1,275,421 kWh |
| Brackenfell Distribution Centre, Western Cape | 631 kWp | 1,021,751 kWh |
| Basson Distribution Centre, Western Cape | 1,750 kWp | 2,730,000 kWh |
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
