Eskom confirms surge in solar output
Eskom estimates there has been a significant increase in the maximum output of rooftop solar panels since March last year.
It releases a weekly system status report, that provides data on the performance of the Eskom fleet, including estimations of the output of renewable energy sources.
Its latest report reflects a new table reflecting an estimate of the maximum output of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) from March 2022 until June 2023.
News24 reports that energy expert Anton Eberhard has shared the table showing the estimate of the maximum rooftop solar output. Over that period, the table shows the maximum output of rooftop solar increasing from 983.1MW in March 2022 to 4 411.50MW in June 2023, the latest time period for which data is available.
This is an almost 350% increase.
However, energy analyst Chris Yellend has confirmed it was not just rooftop solar that was included in the estimation.
‘Despite the misleading title of the Eskom table in the weekly system status report stating 4 400MW of rooftop solar PV, Eskom has confirmed the table actually includes all rooftop and ground-mounted solar PV across all sectors; residential, commercial, industrial, manufacturing, mining and agricultural,’ he said.
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