How Does Electricity Trading Work?

Electricity traders, like Etana Energy, are a game-changer for large South African energy users.

Thanks to our sourcing of wind energy combined with solar, we can help our customers cover up to 70% of their electricity needs with low carbon energy, delivering savings from Day 1 and providing long term price certainty—without any upfront costs and no infrastructure on their site.

So how how does it work? Here is a one-minute explainer

Your business needs electricity to run, which you get through the electricity grid.

Today most of this electricity is generated by coal, at ever increasing cost, but you’d like affordable cleaner energy to stay competitive and reduce your carbon footprint.

What if there was a way to cover up to 70% of your electricity needs with clean energy; delivering savings from Day 1; and providing long term price certainty; without any upfront costs?

That’s where Etana Energy comes in. Etana buys electricity from various renewable energy generators - wind and solar farms and sells that energy to customers, like you, who then get clean electricity via the grid.

There’s no upfront cost, and no infrastructure on site. We sign a power purchase agreement with you, and install a meter. You pay Etana every month for the clean electricity you use, and pay Eskom or your municipality for the remainder of the electricity.

Clean and simple!