Awards and Achievements
Recognition from our manufacturer partners and the wider industry, and the projects that earned it.
Awards matter to us because of what they measure: engineering quality, project complexity, and work that performs after handover. Every award below was earned on delivered projects, not on marketing.
Our Awards
Cape Town Commercial Project of the Year 2026
Herholdt's Group
Five Western Cape sites were considered for the award. The President Hotel installation stood out across all four judging criteria: scale, complexity, product specification, and overall execution.
View the President Hotel project
SigEnergy Gold Installer Award
SigEnergy
Recognised by SigEnergy for excellence in commercial battery energy storage installation, reflecting the engineering standard applied across our BESS projects.
Read the SigEnergy announcement on LinkedIn
Sungrow Excellence Award
Sungrow
Recognised by Sungrow for outstanding solar PV project delivery, awarded on the quality and performance of our commercial installations.
Industry Impact Award
Industry recognition
For making a meaningful difference in South Africa's renewable energy sector through delivered commercial and industrial capacity.
Powering the Future Award
Industry recognition
For our impact in the education sector, delivering renewable energy projects across multiple campuses and school groups.
Flagship achievement
KWV Paarl, a 1.38 MWp solar PV installation
A flagship project for Forest Energy, not because of its size but because of what it demanded. KWV is one of South Africa's best known producers, and the installation went well beyond a standard rooftop array: a 1 388 kWp grid-tied system integrated with PLC control and generator control across a live production facility.
1.38 MWp
Paarl, Western Cape
- 1 388 kWp (1.38 MWp) grid-tied solar PV array
- PLC integration and generator control
- 10 x 100 kW Huawei grid-tied inverters
- 2 122 x Canadian Solar 615 W Tier 1 modules
- Delivered for KWV, one of South Africa's best known producers
- Engineered, installed and commissioned by Forest Energy
By the Numbers
20+ MW
Solar PV installed
15+ MWh
Battery storage deployed
300+
Projects delivered
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