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- 85% of 1,310 Nersa-registered projects are under 1MW
- Agriculture and real estate businesses lead <1MW installations
- Solar dominates <1MW installations, except in 4 projects
Between 2018 and 2023 1,310 energy projects were registered with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). The majority of these projects (85%) were under 1MW.
The majority of the Nersa registrations under 1MW are by businesses taking charge of their electricity security after severe blackouts in the past 3 years.
Agriculture and real estate businesses registered over half of these <1MW energy installations. Unsurprisingly, solar made up the vast majority of these. The few exceptions were:3 businesses registered wind energy, andCathedral Peak Hotel in KwaZulu-Natal registered a hydropower plant in 2019Almost a quarter of the 1MW and smaller installations are in the economic hub of Gauteng.All the smaller registered energy projects in the province are solar PV, presumably rooftop and parking lot cover installations. 40% of the installations were for the real estate industry, which includes malls, office buildings and residential properties.
— 2 February, 2024Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
