eSolar announced it has signed an agreement with South African Clean Energy Solutions (CES), based in Johannesburg. CES is to be eSolar's new sales partner in South Africa, and will enjoy an exclusive right to represent and distribute eSolar's CSP technology throughout the seven country region, including the Republic of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

CES will operate eSolarSA, in close cooperation with eSolar, as a separate entity to deal with project support and client service in Southern Africa. The region has been making aggressive moves to increase renewable energy capacity. RSA has set a goal of 10 GWh of electricity from renewable sources by 2013.

The region has great solar power resources, and is one of the world's "hot spots" for solar technology implementation.