Engineers building Zimbabwe's distributed grid
Penhalonga Energy was created to exploit the numerous smaller hydro sites overlooked by other developers — and to build them with a single, capable team that carries every discipline in-house.
From a pilot on the Nyamukombe to a regional fleet
Goldsaif (Pvt) Ltd t/a Penhalonga Energy is a registered Zimbabwean company and a specialist developer of grid-connected micro-hydro stations, following a strict build-own-operate approach.
After consulting on 25 MW of mini-hydro in the Honde Valley, our founders set up Penhalonga Energy to develop the smaller, harder sites others ignored. The first two stations — Claremont and Odzi — were built using the group's own funds.
Today we're accelerating construction of larger projects across Nyanga and Chipinge, with the proven team, licences and agreements to do it.
Backed by Solar Energy Projects
Solar Energy Projects (SEP) is one of Zimbabwe's leading suppliers of commercial and industrial PV systems. Its success funded Penhalonga Energy's first two stations, and the two companies share engineering talent, a construction core, and a permanent team of artisans and up to 70 community contract workers per project.
A permanent core of artisans — led by a senior foreman/surveyor directing builders, stone masons, carpenters, welders and heavy-equipment operators — drawn from the communities where we build.
A decade of building renewable power
- 2010
Solar Energy Projects founded
Oloff and Sebastian Smyth start SEP, which grows into one of Zimbabwe's leading commercial solar suppliers.
- 2017
Claremont pilot commissioned
Our first run-of-river station proves the build-own-operate model and begins feeding the grid.
- 2024
Odzi Power Station live
A 600 kW station, funded from our own resources, demonstrates the model at greater scale.
- 2025
Megawatt scale
Odzani (1 MW) commissions and Claremont's upgrade and Rusitu come into construction.
- 2026+
Accelerating the pipeline
Rusitu 2 (4 MW) anchors a deepening pipeline of larger run-of-river and solar projects.
- Valid ZERA power generation licences
- Valid EISA / EMA environmental certificates
- 25-year PPAs with ZETDC
- Applying for Prescribed Asset Status
Building the eastern grid, one river at a time.
Whether you're an investor, a landowner with a river, or an industrial buyer seeking firm renewable power — we'd like to talk.