Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities. What’s happening in suburban Cape Town is being repeated at ...

Welkom in the Free State is months away from welcoming one of the largest solar power plants in Africa, and the second-largest in South Africa. About 10km from the city centre is the Khauta solar PV ...

South African businesses are increasingly relying on the giant ball in the sky for their energy solutions. To offset Eskom’s soaring tariffs and harness the African sun, they are choosing solar energy ...

Energy-starved countries on the continent have reluctantly turned to coal and gas for decades. Cheap Chinese solar panels are now finally changing the calculus. In May 2025, African countries imported ...

South Africa would seem like the perfect place for widespread uptake of solar energy. The country is sunny, with high solar generation potential. Solar is a clean, reliable source of power that can ...

Solar is taking off across Africa in a big way. According to a new analysis of China’s solar panel exports data from energy think tank Ember, solar panel imports into the continent jumped 60% in the ...