A 500 kVA solar farm —
engineered as one system.
A private demonstration farm in Zirobwe, Luwero District, needed solar power, solar water heating, and surveillance — installed as a single coordinated build, not three separate vendor schedules. PASS Systems delivered the integrated solution.
LIVE · ZRB · 500 kVA · CH 01–16
Solar, water, and surveillance — one schedule.
The owner of a private demonstration farm in Zirobwe wanted three discrete capabilities — utility-grade solar power, solar water heating for the residence and farmhouse buildings, and CCTV coverage of the perimeter and key assets. Three contractors usually means three schedules, three quotes, three warranties, and three blame-shifting meetings. The farm chose PASS Systems specifically to avoid that.
What we built
- 500 kVA solar power system sized to the measured load profile of the farm's pumps, residential and processing equipment — not a catalog estimate.
- 3,000-litre solar water heater sized for residence + farmhouse hot-water demand with redundancy for cloudy-day shortfall.
- 16-channel CCTV system covering the perimeter, livestock zones, equipment storage and key access points, monitored 24/7 from PASS-Ops in Kampala.
- Battery storage and inverter array engineered to ride out grid outages without dropping the cold-chain or processing equipment.
- One integrated electrical bus tying solar, grid and back-up so the systems behave predictably for the on-site operator.
We wrote three quotes initially and the owner asked for one combined number with one schedule. That's the version we ended up delivering — and that's the one that should be normal.
Why one team mattered.
Solar, water heating and CCTV are nominally separate trades. They're not separate engineering. The solar array's inverter and the CCTV's network switch share an electrical bus; the water heater's pump shares the back-up battery's discharge curve. Sequencing all three under one team meant:
- Single load model — pumps, panels, batteries, cameras and lighting were all sized against one consolidated demand profile, not three separately-optimized assumptions.
- One excavation pass — solar cabling, CCTV conduit and lighting circuits were trenched together. Less cost, less site disruption, fewer cable joins to fail later.
- One commissioning window — everything came online in the same week, not staggered over months of vendor coordination.
At a glance.
| Client | Private Demonstration Farm |
|---|---|
| Delivered via | Direct |
| Location | Zirobwe, Luwero District, Uganda |
| Scope | Integrated solar power, solar water heating, perimeter CCTV |
| Capacity | 500 kVA solar · 3,000 L solar water · 16 CCTV channels |
| Storage | Battery array + grid-tie inverter |
| Network | Encrypted CCTV feed to PASS-Ops |
| Monitoring | 24/7 CCTV from PASS-Ops, Kampala ● Live |
| Response protocol | Site-specific protocol for farm-perimeter incidents |
| Status | ● Operational |
The reference for rural multi-system builds.
Working farms, agro-processing sites, off-grid commercial properties — anywhere multiple infrastructure systems converge — the Zirobwe install is the closest analog reference we offer. Same engineering, scaled to your load.
Integrated, not bundled
Solar + water + CCTV designed as one system, not three loosely-coordinated vendors.
Sized to real load
Solar capacity matched to measured demand — including pumps, processing, residential, and headroom for growth.
Watched 24/7
Rural sites are where install-and-forget bites hardest. The CCTV is enrolled in PASS-Ops monitoring.
Other installs.
Have a multi-system site that needs one team?
Farm, processing facility, off-grid commercial — if you're looking at multiple quotes from multiple contractors, we'll write you one consolidated specification.