Success Story: Mulilo
Slashing layout generation time and strengthening stakeholder alignment
Mulilo is a renewable energy developer and IPP driving South Africa’s energy transition. With plans to deliver 5GW of renewable energy and BESS projects by 2028, the team needed tools to accelerate development without sacrificing accuracy.
In our interview, Johan shared how RatedPower enables fast, reliable early layouts, clearer communication of project potential, and quicker feasibility assessments — while offering more flexibility and hardware completeness than PVsyst©:
“RatedPower is excellent. It’s flexible, with access to all the modules, inverters, and tracker set‑ups — things you’d have to manually import in PVsyst. PVsyst doesn’t have tracker‑specific inputs the way RatedPower does. We’re also comparing the 3D energy modelling with PVsyst, and if the results continue to align, we’ll be able to skip a lot of PVsyst yields in the early stages.” - Johan Janse van Rensburg, Solar PV Engineer at Mulilo
🔍 What you’ll learn from their story:
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How Mulilo cut its early‑stage turnaround time to around 10% of old workflows.
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How the team now produces reliable layouts in minutes, enabling faster decision-making.
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How detailed, professional‑looking visuals help them build trust with landowners from day one.
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How 3D energy modelling could unlock quicker feasibility checks if results continue matching PVsyst.
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How exportable diagrams and KMZ files support permitting and public participation.
👉🏻 Watch our full interview with Johan Janse van Rensburg to learn how Mulilo speeds up development and builds stronger stakeholder alignment with RatedPower.