Polymath Solar is a new venture brought to life by Dr Emsie Klopper and Willem van Schalkwyk.
Willem's experience as an entrepreneur started with Aviation Software, Airline Control Systems, MyEcoFuture and then 2 years of consulting to the industry.
Willem completed the Solar Power Technician and Solar Power Designer courses with the Maxx Academy in 2014.
During the first years in the solar industry his focus was on residential solutions, using popular entry-level inverters. Due to the unreliability of these inverters, a switch was made to Victron and SMA and until 2021 his ventures installed only Victron, SMA and SolarEdge products.
As our experience levels grew, we ventured into the commercial space and we elected to focus on- and expand into the commercial and industrial segments of the solar industry.
Willem completed his P4 Certification with AREP in 2017 and obtained his PV Greencard in 2018. The Green Solar Academy approached Willem in 2019 to start presenting the Solar Professional Designer: Commercial course, and since then he has been freelancing as a trainer with the GSA, now presenting this course as well as the ‘system design and engineering‘ days at the Green Solar Academy Super Solar School.
In 2020/21 Willem consulted to the industry, and trained at the Green Solar Academy.
In January 2022 Polymath Solar was birthed when Dr. Emsie (Emma) Klopper and Willem joined forces, to take a new direction in the Renewable Energy industry. Emma worked with Willem from 2020 doing Design and Engineering, first as a part-time design engineer, but later full-time.
The primary focus of the new Polymath Solar is to deliver Solar Intelligence through:
Willem completed his P4 Certification with AREP in 2017 and obtained his PV Greencard in 2018. The Green Solar Academy approached Willem in 2019 to start presenting the Solar Professional Designer: Commercial course, and since then he has been freelancing as a trainer with the GSA, now presenting this course as well as the ‘system design and engineering‘ days at the Green Solar Academy Super Solar School.
In 2020 Willem only consulted to the industry, and trained at the Green Solar Academy.
Our latest direction change came in January 2022, with Dr. Emsie (Emma) Klopper joining in with Willem taking up her rightful share of the company. Emma worked with Willem from 2019 doing Design and Engineering, first as a part-time engineer, but later full-time. Emma is now a Director and Shareholder of PolyMathSolar. Emma has been contracted as a part-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria since 1992 teaching both undergraduate and post graduate courses in meteorology. Her background in meteorology supports the niche of solar energy applications.
The primary focus of the new PolyMathSolar is to deliver Solar Intelligence through: