Power your world with solar
Elevate Solar is a South African renewable energy specialist and online reseller of solar products. We help homes, businesses and industry cut their Eskom bills and stay powered through load shedding, with hybrid inverters, battery storage and the Tesla Powerwall 3.
- Solar for homes: rooftop solar, batteries and backup power that keep lights, Wi-Fi and fridges running during load shedding.
- Solar for business and industry: scalable commercial systems that cut operating costs and reliance on the grid.
- Tesla Powerwall 3: our premium solution, a hybrid solar inverter and home battery in one.
- Lower your Eskom bill: systems sized to your electricity use and tariff, so you only pay for what you need.
- Hybrid inverters and battery storage: store daytime solar and use it in the evening or when the grid goes down.
- Free quote, expert advice: tell us about your bill and we will recommend the right system.
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Estimate your required system capacity and Eskom tariff offset in ZAR.
7.0 kWp
8 kW / 10 kW Hybrid Inverter
R 43 200
≈ R 3 600 back every month
Real prices. Real payback.
No jargon: here is roughly what a system costs in South Africa in 2026, and how long it takes to earn that money back through lower electricity bills.
Eskom prices vs inflation
Average yearly increase, 2014 to 2025. Electricity has gone up about twice as fast as everything else.
Source: CSIR, 2025.
What a solar system costs
Typical installed price in 2026, by system size and the home it suits.
Batteries are about 30% cheaper than in 2023.
How fast a typical 5 kVA home system pays for itself
Estimated payback in years. It depends on your city's rules for feeding power back to the grid and on how much power you use.
- 8.3 GWof rooftop solar now installed, more than the 2.8 GW operating under the government REIPPPP and RMIPPPP programmes combined.
- −82%load shedding in the first half of 2025, as supply recovered and homes and businesses made their own power.
- 6,800+ hoursof load shedding in 2023, the worst year in 15 years, which is why so many people went solar.
- R0 per kWhfor the sunshine your panels use. You pay once for the system, not every month for the fuel.
Find out what solar would save you.Tell us your monthly electricity bill and we will recommend the right system, with no obligation.
Get a free quoteSources: OurPower solar buyer's guide, 2026 (system costs, battery prices, payback); CSIR, 2025 (10% a year vs 5.2% inflation, load shedding down 82% in H1 2025); Engineering News, 19 June 2026 (8.3 GW rooftop solar); Daily Investor, December 2023 and Cape Times, 2024 (2023 load shedding). Costs and payback are indicative for a typical home and vary by supplier, location and electricity use. Rooftop solar capacity is mostly commercial rooftops.
Eskom keeps getting dearer. The sun is still free.
Solar is simpler than it sounds: your roof makes power for free, and your electricity bill shrinks. Here is what the numbers say for South African homes and businesses.
- 10×Eskom's average price per kWh since 2007From about 20c in 2007 to about 208c in 2025.
- +190%Rise in the national average tariff since 2014Inflation averaged 5.2% a year over the same period.
- 675,000South African homes with solar panels in 2025Up 86% in three years (Stats SA household survey).
- 2,500Hours of sunshine a yearRoughly 40% more solar radiation than Central Europe.
What Eskom charges per unit of electricity
Average price in cents per kWh, 2007 to 2025, with the increases NERSA has already approved for 2026/27 and 2027/28 shown dotted. The biggest jumps came in 2008 to 2011, and prices have kept climbing since.
Next up: +8.76% in 2026/27 and +8.83% in 2027/28, approved by NERSA in February 2026.
View this chart as a table
| Year | Average price | Increase that year |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 20c | 5.9% |
| 2008 | 25c | 27.5% |
| 2009 | 33c | 31.3% |
| 2010 | 41c | 24.8% |
| 2011 | 52c | 25.8% |
| 2012 | 60c | 16% |
| 2013 | 65c | 8% |
| 2014 | 70c | 8% |
| 2015 | 79c | 12.7% |
| 2016 | 86c | 9.4% |
| 2017 | 88c | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 93c | 5.2% |
| 2019 | 102c | 9.4% |
| 2020 | 109c | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 126c | 15.6% |
| 2022 | 138c | 9.6% |
| 2023 | 164c | 18.7% |
| 2024 | 185c | 12.7% |
| 2025 | 208c | 12.7% |
| 2026/27 (approved) | about 226c | 8.76% |
| 2027/28 (approved) | about 246c | 8.83% |
Sources: OurPower Eskom tariff history (price series, 2007 to 2025); CSIR, 2025 (tariffs +190% since 2014, 5.2% inflation); NERSA media statement, 8 February 2026 (+8.76% and +8.83%); Engineering News, 19 June 2026 (675,000 households per Stats SA); Business Day, 2020 (sunshine hours and radiation).
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- Tesla Powerwall partner
- A custom solution for your home, business and industry
- Based in Paarl, serving South Africa
- Share your billSend your latest Eskom or municipal bill, or tell us your average monthly spend.
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