Status quo
Stay on the grid
Tariffs compounding around 12.5% a year, load-shedding risk to cold chain and irrigation, and diesel backup burning margin.
The agricultural energy migration.
Migrating is a simple tariff switch. Foundation-1 owns and runs all the infrastructure: panels, installation, maintenance and insurance. You switch to a new and improved tariff, and save up to 60% on monthly electricity.
NedbankGreen Share VPPICRD GroupValaura IntegratedAfrican Poultry ProducersZebediela Traditional CouncilNewtown Improvement DistrictMVM EnterprisesPRIMO 121 FOODS
The decision
Staying put is the most expensive option.
Every operation already has an energy strategy. Most are just paying for the wrong one. These are the paths on the table.
Capital purchase
Buy solar outright
Millions pulled out of the operation, with the maintenance, insurance and performance risk staying on your books for decades.
Debt structure
Finance or rent solar
Repayments due whether the system performs or not, and the maintenance burden often still sits with you.
Tariff switch
Migrate with Foundation-1
R0 capital. We own, run, maintain and insure the infrastructure. You switch to a new and improved tariff and save from day one.
Agriculture first
The migration starts across agriculture.
In agriculture, power failure affects the entire value chain, from production and processing to packing, cold chain and market delivery. Foundation-1 moves agricultural operators to solar-backed energy across the full operation, at zero capital cost.
R30M+
Projected collective 10-year savings from four companies now in migration
60%
Potential reduction in monthly electricity costs
R0
Capital required from qualifying operators
Recent news
We launched the Selemo Initiative to help South African agriculture escape rising electricity costs
We introduced Generocity as our zero-capex solar migration pathway
We secured 56MW Free State clean power to prepare Lumen's combined migration model
We set out Blender so complex energy migrations can combine solar and wheeling
The Vision
The great migration to renewable abundance.
We are accelerating the Republic’s migration from grid dependence to renewable abundance, a high-growth civilisation built on the foundational energy infrastructure of South Africa’s next century.
How It Works
From application
to energisation.
We fund the infrastructure and handle the complexity, from feasibility and engineering to deployment and monitoring, so you simply migrate, pay a new and improved energy tariff and stay focused on the operation.
For Agricultural Operators.
Future-proof production, processing, packing, cold-chain and distribution operations with resilient, solar-backed energy across the Republic.
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For Agricultural Developers.
For the companies that build agriculture: poultry and dairy systems, irrigation, greenhouses and packhouses. Integrate funded solar into every project you deliver.
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Join the Mission.
We are looking for the best minds to help us
architect the future of South Africa.