The amount of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar installed in South Africa has finally surpassed the total installed capacity of renewable energy independent power producers that have contracted their capacity to Eskom.
As of August, the estimated rooftop solar PV capacity in the country totalled 7 345MW (or 7.3GW peak), compared to the 7 172MW from renewables across PV (2 285MW), concentrated solar power (600MW), wind (4 087MW), and hybrid producers (150MW).