Kayema Solar Water Heaters More Competitive Following Revised Eskom Rebate System

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With the recent announcement from Eskom regarding a change in it’s Solar Water Heater Rebate policy, Kayema’s Solar Water Heating Systems are about to become even more competitive.

Why?
James Shirley, General Manager at Kayema explains, “Previously, The Eskom Solar Water Heater Rebate was all about how much heat goes into the geyser resulting in a higher rebate for those who over specified their system (which often resulted in overheating with water reaching temperatures upward of 85º Celsius).

According to Shirley, “Many of the imported systems have to date benefited greatly from over inflated rebate amounts. This rebate allowed them to mitigate their costs to a large extent and remain competitive in the market place by giving the impression that a higher rebate meant a better system.

The recent announcement from Eskom means that the Eskom Solar Water Heater Rebate structure is now based on the amount of energy actually required by the system to heat the water to the correct temperatures, improving system lifespan and reliability.

Since Kayema‘s Solar Water Heating System was designed with the correct specifications from the outset, we are largely unaffected by this new announcement, so we sit at just below the new maximum rebate values. The result is that our systems are now less expensive than competing systems of equal quality after the rebate, without compromising any of our performance.”

“The superiority of a Kayema Solar Water Heating System has already been recognized early on by major corporates such as Investec Bank, Standard Bank and Group Five with several other blue chip corporate clients entrusting Kayema to roll out employee Solar Water Heating programs nationwide.

Daniel Schwab, Managing Director of Kayema concluded saying “We look forward to continuing our leadership position within the Solar Thermal Heating and Cooling market in South Africa through superior technology based on world class engineered systems and local installation and project management capabilities”.