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  1. Luis

    Eskom won't fine residential customers for failing to register their solar systems by 30 September 2026

    Eskom backs down on R30,000 fines for people with unregistered solar panels Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena has reportedly confirmed that the utility won't fine residential customers or cut their electricity supply for failing to register their solar systems by 30 September 2026. This was...
  3. Luis

    Concerns about R2,400 registration fee for Emfuleni residents with solar power

    R2,400 fee for people with solar panels on their roofs in a Gauteng municipality Civil rights group AfriForum has raised concerns about the Municipality of Emfuleni's proposed plan to introduce a R2,400 once-off fee and R463 monthly charges for residents with solar power. Emfuleni is a...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tongwei Solar officially enters South African panel market

    Tongwei Solar officially enters South African panel market Chinese photovoltaic (PV) solar cell manufacturer Tongwei Solar has officially entered the South African solar panel market through distribution partners Solarworld Africa and IBC Solar South Africa. Headquartered in Chengdu, Tongwei...
  5. Luis

    Northern Cape town with two globally rare solar power plants

    Northern Cape town with two globally rare solar power plants Pofadder in the Northern Cape, often regarded as South Africa's epitome of a remote, dusty "backwater" settlement, is the only town in the country to host two concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The name Pofadder is Afrikaans for...
  6. Luis

    Northern Cape town with a rare type of solar power plant

    Northern Cape town with a rare type of solar power plant The Northern Cape town of Kathu might be far removed from the country's major metros, but it falls under a municipality with the highest average income in the country. Located about 200km along the N14 to the northeast of Upington, Kathu...
  7. Luis

    Rooftop solar user charged R380,000 by municipality, told "no issue with billing system"

    Rooftop solar user charged R380,000 by municipality, told "no issue with billing system" A Durban resident with a large rooftop solar installation recently received a municipal bill reflecting electricity charges of nearly R380,000. According to the resident, this amount of consumption was...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big surge in floating solar farms

    Big surge in floating solar farms Putting solar panels on water to generate power sounded like a dangerous gimmick to Benedikt Ortmann when he first heard about the idea. “Every child knows electricity and water don’t mix,” said Ortmann, the top solar executive at Munich’s Baywa r.e., one of...
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