gap in the market
Much of the South African population remains unserved by solar be- cause of the cost barrier to entry, according to the latest research data by ooba Solar.
While residential solar installation rates have increased at an exponential rate since 2021, said Dominique dHotman, the head of ooba Solar, the platform’s latest research shows that about 45% of households would remain unserved by rooftop solar solutions because “the cost of these systems would remain out of reach, even with the latest finance options”.
This comes as no surprise because
