In June, South Africa imported 407MW of solar panels to the value of $48.8-million from China. It’s the highest number of megawatts imported in a month so far this year.
Last year, the country imported a record 4,345MW of solar panels, demand being fed by the 335 days of loadshedding experienced in 2023. The most every imported in a month was May 2023, with 877MW.