Investing in installations that offer attractive cash returns without the red tape involved when dealing with Eskom.
Those who invest in large-scale renewable energy projects, for which there is a clear and definite need, get a 125% tax break on top of their investment returns.
Politicians and government officials are forever bleating that the private sector needs to contribute to fix the failures of government departments and state-owned entities.
These pleas range from helping schools, hospitals, trains and ports, all the way to helping the police maintain law and order. Nowhere else is the plea more urgent than in the supply of electricity, and nowhere else has the private sector responded so quickly.
The truth is that generating electricity – for self-use or for sale – is not difficult given the advances in technology. It also presents profitable investment opportunities, thanks to the sharp price increases forced on the consumer by Eskom.
And it is necessary, given the recent announcement that load shedding has returned for an undefined period