Growthpoint embarks on its largest rooftop solar projects

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Properties has embarked on its two largest rooftop solar installations, each with a capacity of nearly 1.2 MW, on the rooftops of the Northgate Mall, in Johannesburg, and the Brooklyn Mall, in Pretoria. “Growthpoint has passed the halfway mark in achieving its goal to install rooftop solar farms capable of generating an impressive 6 MW . . . enough solar energy to power nearly 2 500 average South African homes,” Growthpoint Properties head of sustainability Werner van Antwerpen said in a statement late last month.