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South African homes and businesses have added 3,526 MW of rooftop solar in just two years! It is just wonderful to see how fast electricity generation capacity can be added from rooftop solar. According to data from South Africa’s national electricity utility company, Eskom, there were about 2,264.5 MW of rooftop solar PV installed in South Africa as of July 2022. According to Eskom’s latest update, South African homes and businesses have now installed 5,790.5 MW of solar PV.
Adding the contribution from rooftops and other distributed solar plants, the total installed renewable capacity in South Africa now stands at 12,221 MW! This growth in distributed solar PV, plus the 2.3 GW of utility-scale PV, is now contributing to There is some good new on this front. Eskom recently announced that it has been four months of uninterrupted power supply since 26 March 2024, including 87 days of constant supply throughout the winter period. The suspension of loadshedding in South Africa has brought some relief to South African homes and business that were facing spiralling costs from using alternative sources such as diesel backup generators.
Eskom adds that its “Generation Recovery Plan” continues to deliver efficiencies, with an approximate R9.09 billion reduction in Open-Cycle Gas Turbines diesel expenditure from 1 April 2024 to 25 July 2024, compared to the same period last year. Eskom had been spending a lot of money on diesel. It’s good to see that rooftop solar is starting to contribute a considerable portion of South Africa’s electricity generation mix during daytime hours.
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