Industrial rooftop programme
Rooftop solar for factories in Belmont and Workington.
Company overview
A developer of captive solar and storage for factories, mines and farms.
Great Dyke Energy designs, finances and operates solar plants on or near customers' sites and sells them the power under long-term agreements.
Its customers include manufacturers in Bulawayo and Harare, and mines along the Great Dyke.
Leadership
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TK
Themba Khumalo Chief Executive
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NN
Nokuthula Ndlovu Chief Operating Officer
Company milestones
- 2016 Founded in Bulawayo.
- 2019 First rooftop plant for a food manufacturer.
- 2023 First battery storage project.
- 2026 New COO appointed as the project pipeline grows.
Projects & investments
Mine hybrid plant
Solar and battery plant for a chrome mine.
Innovation
A remote monitoring centre in Bulawayo tracks the output of every plant and dispatches maintenance crews.
Social impact
The company trains solar technicians with a polytechnic and donates systems to rural clinics.
Recent stories
CSR
Inside the classroom-building drive funded by a coalition of Bulawayo businesses
Twelve companies pooled their CSR budgets to build classrooms in peri-urban schools. The model is attracting attention.
Energy
Solar for industry: how manufacturers are taking power into their own hands
Factories that cannot afford interruptions are signing long-term deals for rooftop solar and storage.
Executive appointment
Great Dyke Energy appoints Nokuthula Ndlovu as chief operating officer
The engineer joins from a regional utility as the solar developer expands into storage for mines.