solar power

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Private generation registrations surged to new record in 2025

    Private generation registrations surged to new record in 2025 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) registered a record private power generation capacity in 2025, roughly the equivalent ot that of one and a half Kusile or Medupi power stations. Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Legal win for South Africa's only solar panel assembler

    Legal win for South Africa's only solar panel assembler Durban-based solar panel firm ArtSolar has scored an early win in its case against the South African government over alleged non-compliance with local procurement requirements in private power projects. ArtSolar first filed papers in the...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's solar registration fee exemption deadline looms

    Eskom's solar registration fee exemption deadline looms South African households with small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) installations have until March 2026 to register their systems with Eskom without paying the R10,000 connection fee. According to the Department of Electricity and...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    The duo that drove Eskom to drop its expensive solar power registration rule

    The duo that drove Eskom to drop its expensive solar power registration rule Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) CEO Wayne Duvenage and EE Business Intelligence managing director Chris Yelland deserve credit for pushing Eskom to ease its solar power registration rules. Eskom dropped the...
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    • chris yelland ee business intelligence electricity eskom organisation undoing tax abuse (outa) rooftop solar small-scale embedded generation (sseg) solar power wayne duvenage
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    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Scatec launches second-largest solar power farm in South Africa

    Scatec launches second-largest solar power farm in South Africa Norwegian firm Scatec ASA has commenced commercial operation at its new 273MW Grootfontein PV solar power farm in the Western Cape. The farm is expected to generate 700 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean energy annually, leading to an...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Mulilo secures another R1.3-billion investment

    Mulilo secures another R1.3-billion investment Norwegian investment fund Norfund has acquired a minority stake in South African renewable energy developer and independent power producer (IPP) Mulilo for $75 million (R1.28 billion). The investment was facilitated through a partnership with...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Going solar 40% cheaper than three years ago

    Going solar 40% cheaper than three years ago South African households installing an off-grid solar power system in 2025 will spend nearly 40% less than those who did the same during the country's load-shedding crisis. The prices of photovoltaic (PV) panels, inverters, and batteries have...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom chairman says media reporting on improvements is racist

    Eskom chairman says media reporting on improvements is racist Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati says the South African media's reporting on the power utility's turnaround has been unbalanced due to racism. Speaking to Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh during an episode of This Economy, Nyati said the media tries...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's new solar rules will save households R400 million — Outa

    Eskom's new solar rules will save households R400 million — Outa Energy expert Chris Yelland estimates that Eskom's relaxation of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) rules will save households with rooftop solar a combined R400 million in compliance costs. Effective 1 October 2025, Eskom no...
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    • chris yelland engineering council of south africa (ecsa) eskom home solar rooftop solar small-scale embedded generation (sseg) solar power wayne duvenage
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sapvia clashes with Outa and Afriforum about solar registration

    Sapvia clashes with Outa and Afriforum about solar registration The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (Sapvia) believes that Eskom and municipalities' additional requirements for grid-tied solar power systems that go beyond ensuring safe operation are not illegal. The association...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Private solar power embarrasses Eskom

    Private solar power embarrasses Eskom In August 2025, rooftop solar power capacity surpassed the combined output of all of Eskom's utility-scale renewable power stations for the first time. According to the National Transmission Company of South Africa, the capacity of "behind-the-meter"...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Africa's solar panel imports surge

    Africa's solar panel imports surge African nations are ordering more solar panels from China, with imports of the clean-energy technology surging 60% in the 12 months through June, according to climate think tank Ember. While South Africa remained the biggest importer, 20 other countries on...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    EV charging on an off-grid system in Botswana

    EV charging on an off-grid system in Botswana MyBroadband recently charged an electric vehicle (EV) on an off-grid power system in Botswana during a weekend family trip across the border and was impressed with how much range we got in a day. The system was located on a farm on the outskirts of...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    More warnings about increases in solar power import taxes

    More warnings about increases in solar power import taxes The Association for Renewable Energy Practitioners (Arep) has criticised a proposal to increase import tariffs on components used in the assembly and manufacturing of solar and wind power equipment. Business Times has seen Arep's...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Solar power price cuts could be coming to an end

    Solar power price cuts could be coming to an end The big plunge in solar power system prices in South Africa over the past few years could be coming to an end. Global prices of solar panels, inverters, and batteries dropped sharply in 2023 and 2024, largely due to substantial overproduction in...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Strange issue with solar power production

    Hi everyone I noticed a strange problem with our solar power system's production in Pretoria today (29 May 2025). The specs are as follows: 6 x 545W JA Solar panels 5kW Deye hybrid inverter 2 x 5.12kWh Dyness DL5.0C batteries Early on in the day, I noticed that solar production was picking up...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Solar surge coming to Africa

    Solar surge coming to Africa African countries maintained a brisk pace of solar power installation last year and the sector looks set to keep growing in 2025, according to a new industry report. The Global Solar Council (GSC) estimated that the continent added 2,400 megawatts of solar...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Electricians can approve embedded generation systems — ECASA

    Electricians can approve embedded generation systems — ECASA Eskom Direct and certain municipalities are making it more expensive for households and businesses to make their grid-tied PV solar systems legally compliant than necessary, according to a major electrician representative in South...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's biggest solar power farms

    South Africa's biggest solar power farms South Africa's Independent Power Producer (IPP) Procurement Programme has opened the country to private renewable energy investment, with 39 gigawatts of capacity planned to be built by 2030. Because of this, private companies have been able to build...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Good news for engineers in South Africa

    Good news for engineers in South Africa Private engineering firms are set to benefit big-time from the drastic changes and expansion of South Africa's electricity transmission network in the coming years. That is according to National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) interim CEO...
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