Eskom Rebate For Solar Panels

Photovoltaic pv or solar modules are made up of solar cells that are connected in series.

Eskom rebate for solar panels.

If your electricity bill is r1000pm you can save around 30 40 of that with solar. If this is not done a customer that decides to put a solar installation on their rooftop can reduce their bill not only with the energy. Seventy percent of this rebate is payable upfront and the rest in 10 tranches over three years based on energy consumed on site by the company. The south african utility has issued a 20 strong tender for 50 kw solar inverters and mounting structures to be used in four power plants.

The capital depreciation allowances for solar pv systems greater than 1 mw remained unchanged in the january 2016 amendment to the legislation which continues to allow full depreciation over three. This translates into a rebate of roughly 585 per kw installed. The silicon cell is essentially a p n junction that utilises the energy from the sunlight to generate electron flow from the p type si via an external resistance to the n type si. Eskom is happy to advise that south africans can still apply for rebates on the purchase of sabs and eskom approved solar water heating systems following installations by eskom accredited installers.

Eskom recognised this and as part of their idm programme piloted a rebate tariff of r1 20 kwhr consumed on site over a three year period. Other incentives for solar accelerated depreciation. The most common commercial cells are made from purified silicon si. Solar power users not properly charged.

Thanks to accelerated depreciation businesses can write off the value of their solar energy system through the modified accelerated cost recovery system macrs which reduces businesses tax burden and accelerates returns on solar investments qualified solar energy equipment is eligible for a cost recovery period of five years. 30 of r1000 r300pm. According to eskom demand side management gm andrew etzinger typically installed systems can range between r14 000 and r33 000 depending on the make and size of the geyser type of roof as well as overall complexity of installation. At the moment the value of the solar rebate is around 39 per stc.

R300 x 12 months r3600 00 per year. But situations can arise where the value is pushed down. R13 500 divided by r3600 3 75 years. The higher the stc price the more rebate you get.

A small solar system cost around r13 500 00. Although it is unclear whether the tender marks the.