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Businesses add 72,800 kW of solar capacity to cut their power costs

Companies are expanding solar power for their own use as more businesses seek lower costs, according to Business Daily Africa (direct).

By Teqwah Desk05 Oct 22:02Updated 05 Oct 22:021 min read

Businesses add 72,800 kW of solar capacity to cut their power costs — Photo: Business Daily Africa (direct)

Key takeaways

Businesses added 72,800 kilowatts of solar power capacity for their own use.
Business Daily Africa (direct) links the growing shift towards solar to efforts to reduce costs.
The supplied material does not identify the businesses or the period covered.

Businesses have added 72,800 kilowatts of solar power capacity for their own use, according to Business Daily Africa (direct). The additions put the companies’ own electricity needs at the centre of the shift.

Kilowatts measure power capacity. Here, the reported figure concerns solar installations intended to supply the businesses themselves, rather than a reported amount of electricity sold.

Business Daily Africa (direct) reports that businesses are increasingly turning to solar to reduce costs. That makes these additions a business-cost story as well as an energy story: companies are changing how they meet their power needs.

The source material does not specify the period covered or identify the businesses involved. The point to watch next is whether this move towards solar for companies’ own use continues.