As part of the integrated resource plan (IRP) South Africans will see the development of large solar PV plants in excess of 5 MW that will feed power into the Eskom grid by 2013. Besides the need for large scale PV plants there is also a need for smaller roof top installations: sizes varying from 10 kW to 1 MW depending on the roof area. Many rooftops belonging to businesses, banks, factories and shopping centres have large areas and would be suitable for a rooftop PV installation. The type of installation depends on the roof structure.
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The investment into a rooftop PV can help companies to combat spiralling electricity prices, the recently announced tax benefits for commercial PV installations makes it even more appealing.
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