The department’s letter does not mention its stance on projects already underway in response to load shedding, including at government schools and old age homes. Moneyweb Eskom renewableenergy
Building owners can forget about reducing their dependence on Eskom by installing solar panels on their roofs if those roofs are made of asbestos. The only way around this is to first replace the roof. This follows the Department of Employment and Labour issuing a letter “to clarify any confusion and non-standardisation around the installation of solar panels or ‘over-roofing’ sheets onto existing asbestos roof sheets”.
SA’s young and diverse renewable energy sector is getting organised “The cost to replace a roof is exorbitant, with no direct benefit,” says Putsman. “It is impossible for the majority of sites to contemplate or justify – these sites all wish to install solar to save on energy costs and reduce the impact of load shedding.
SA authorities arrest four in asbestos audit probe “Sapvia advises owners of buildings with asbestos roofs who were planning to install solar panels that the adoption of solar PV presents a unique opportunity to also replace the roofs that would need such replacement in the short term anyway,” says Spencer. “A number of solar PV installers who provide finance for the solar PV will also finance the new roof,” he adds.
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