Last year, South Africa's private sector registered approximately 4 490MW of renewable energy projects – nearly three times as much as in 2022.
These private generation projects, which include mostly solar PV and wind power, undertaken in 2023, dwarf the meagre 134MW registered in 2021 - 33 times more.
This is according to information from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). Generation facilities are required to be registered with the energy regulator.