🇿🇦 Solar Rebates & Incentives in South Africa

South Africa offers some of the most generous solar incentives in the world. Between federal schemes and province-level rebates, eligible households can save thousands on solar panel and battery installations.

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Province& Territory Programs

Many provinces offer additional solar rebates and incentives on top of federal programs.

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City of Cape Town SSEG Feed-in Tariff

City of Cape Town

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~R0.79/kWh residential, ~R0.74/kWh non-residential feed-in tariff

The City of Cape Town offers a NERSA-approved feed-in tariff for SSEG solar installations, paying residential customers approximately R0.79/kWh and non-residential customers R0.74/kWh for surplus energy exported to the municipal grid. An additional temporary incentive of 25 c/kWh was available for both residential and non-residential customers. Cape Town has been a leading municipality in South Africa for solar adoption, with its SSEG programme facilitating thousands of residential and commercial solar installations. The city is transitioning towards net-billing schemes with separate network fees.

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