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 solar geyser rebate programme.
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.
Home owners were given incentives to replace electric geysers with solar water heating systems through rebates on the cost of installing the system.
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 has given notice to consumers that it will no longer be responsible for the future implementation funding and management of the solar geyser and water heating rebate programme both high and low pressure.
Any queries can be directed to the department of energy on email address.
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Eskom has said that it will be handing over the administration of the solar water heater rebate programme to the department of energy doe.
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.
Here is why solar geyser is still a good investment.
Eskom rebate cancelled.
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 is in the process of handing over the responsibility for the solar rebate programme to the department of energy doe.
The solar rebate and mass roll out programme is no longer being facilitated by eskom.
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.
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.
Only 400 000 systems have been installed according to eskom.