Eskom Solar Geyser Rebate Programme

Eskom is offering home owners rebates of 15 to 20 on the cost of installing solar water heating systems through its solar rebate programme enabling homeowners to save from about r1 860 up to r4 900 on the cost of a solar water heating system.

Eskom solar geyser rebate programme.

That 23 of this target can be met through solar water heating and eskom is therefore actively encouraging consumers to switch to solar water heating. Eskom is in the process of handing over the responsibility for the solar rebate programme to the department of energy doe. Thank you for approaching eskom with an interest in solar. The national programme started in 2010 as an eskom rebate scheme to replace existing electrified geysers with solar water heaters in order to reduce the demand for power from the national grid.

Home owners were given incentives to replace electric geysers with solar water heating systems through rebates on the cost of installing the system. Eskom has said that it will be handing over the administration of the solar water heater rebate programme to the department of energy doe. Here is why solar geyser is still a good investment. Read article here we sincerely apologize to our clients hoping to get a helping hand in installing a solar water heater.

The budget for this programme has been the responsibility of the department of energy however eskom has been responsible for implementing the programme until now. Only 400 000 systems have been installed according to eskom. To fund the solar water heater rebate programme which was started in 2008 national energy regulator of south africa nersa allocated funds to cover programme development marketing. Nersa gave eskom r1 068bn to fund the rebate programme that began in 2008 and was reviewed this year.

The programme aimed to have installed a million solar geysers in homes across south africa by 2013. Unfortunately as of april 30th 2015 eskom cancelled the solar water heating rebate programme. Eskom solar water heater programme rebate information part l this document explains the process of claiming your rebate for your own reference please detail the bar code number here. Any queries can be directed to the department of energy on email address.

The solar rebate and mass roll out programme is no longer being facilitated by eskom.