Capacity of rooftop solar installed in South Africa has passed 8 GW mark

The capacity of rooftop solar in South Africa has passed 8.3 GW, according to Eskom's National Transmission Company. The steepest growth came during peak loadshedding in 2022 and 2023, but even after loadshedding effectively ended in early 2024, installations kept climbing, driven by Eskom tariff hikes that have made solar cheaper than grid electricity.

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