The award-winning Ken Forrester wine estate is one of many businesses spending thousands on rooftop solar panel installations to avoid the impact of load-shedding. The move could also make them money.
“If used efficiently, we can look at a farm of our size probably reliant on an Eskom bill of about R30,000 to R35,000, more or less, and you could have this solar panels system start knocking off about R10,000 in terms of a savings there, which would pay itself off in a threeThe company is one of many that have moved towards solar. Installer
Most of Chilwan’s clients install systems based on the business consumption needs and not with the goal to produce excess to sell to the city. This is partly due to that until mid-2021, embedded generation was not allowed to produce more than 1MW of electricity without acquiring a licence through the National Energy Regulator.
This week Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced plans from the municipality to procure more power from large-scale businesses. “The online process is one of the key things we’re trying to enable right now to make it a lot easier for you.”
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