Able Solar

About us

ABLE SOLAR LTD is a privately owned and operated company specialising in Solar Water Pumping and Renewable Energy Systems utilising Wind and Solar powered generating equipment, storage batteries, and control equipment.

Able Solar was established in October 1981 in Auckland, and we traded under the name of Able Battery Company Ltd.

In the beginning, our main business was the distribution of Lead Acid batteries for many applications including Automotive, Industrial, and Recreational.

As the business grew a market emerged for quality Deep Cycle Batteries for use in remote baches for lighting and DC pumping, People started asking for a better battery for this service. We purchased old bus battery manufacturing equipment from Australia and hand-manufactured a range of deep cycle batteries for this market.

This operation proved very successful - all our production was pre-sold in advance and sales exceeded production very quickly. We commenced importing a range of batteries from a U.S Battery Manufacturing Co in Corona USA to satisfy local demand for this growing market.
Solarex Solar Photovoltaic modules (which later merged with BP Solar) were offered and as prices started to fall a new exciting market emerged around New Zealand.