The Fiji Times covered a milestone for sustainable transport in Fiji: the Rosie Travel Group moving to electric vehicles, with a multi-million-dollar investment deal signed to bring an EV fleet to the country's tourism sector.
Solar Hub Fiji is proud to power that shift. We designed and installed the 110kW rooftop solar system and Fiji's first solar-powered DC fast EV chargers behind the Rosie Holidays EV fleet.
Why solar and EVs belong together
An electric vehicle is only as clean as the electricity that charges it. Pairing an EV fleet with rooftop solar closes that loop: the vehicles run on power generated on site, from the sun, rather than simply shifting fuel costs onto the grid. For a tourism operator, that means guests are moved around Fiji on sunshine, which is a story no diesel fleet can tell.
It also changes the economics. Fleet charging is a large, predictable daytime load, and predictable daytime load is precisely what rooftop solar serves best. The 110kW array generates while vehicles charge between runs, turning what would be a major new power bill into self-supplied energy.
What DC fast charging adds
Standard AC charging suits overnight top-ups, but a working fleet cannot always wait. DC fast charging delivers energy at a rate that turns charging stops into minutes rather than hours, keeping vehicles on the road through the working day. Delivering Fiji's first solar-powered DC fast chargers meant engineering generation, charging hardware and the site's electrical infrastructure as one system.
A signal for Fiji's wider transition
Projects like this show that the pieces of a cleaner transport system, solar generation, storage-ready design and fast charging, already work here in Fiji, under Fiji conditions. As more operators look at electrifying vehicles, the playbook now exists locally.
Explore our EV charging page to see what solar-powered charging involves, read the full Rosie Holidays case study, or talk to us about pairing solar with your own fleet or site.
Could your site charge on sunshine?
The Rosie project is a fleet-scale example, but the same thinking applies at any size. The assessment looks at three things: what your roof can generate, what your switchboard can support, and where vehicles can practically stop to charge. From a single charger for guest vehicles through to a depot charging a whole fleet, the design principle stays constant: generate on site, charge from that generation, and size the hardware to how the vehicles actually move through the day.