This is how much Johannesburg will pay you for your excess solar power

  City Power, the electricity utility in Johannesburg, has unveiled a plan to enable residents with solar power setups to sell excess electricity back to the grid. The utility aims to implement feed-in tariffs, with rates set at 85.50 cents per kilowatt-hour (c/kWh) for residential users and 70.85 c/kWh for businesses and large power consumers. […]

Big changes coming for rooftop solar in South Africa: Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the government is pulling on every resource it has to get power onto the grid as a matter of extreme urgency. However, he said that the ‘energy action plan’ – announced six months ago – could not be implemented overnight and that measures would take time to yield results. Writing […]