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Like Your Local Supermarket Charging You More For Vegetables if you Farm Your Own Consider this scenario: Your local supermarket experiences a shortage of fresh produce and, as a result, has to ‘ration’ it’s sales of fresh produce to …
In the context of Lithium-Ion batteries, the letter C refers to the capacity rating of the battery and is a measure of the charge and discharge rates. A breakdown, by Straton Solar, of what this means follows below. C Rating Definition: The C rating …
PSG Financial Services answer the question; “Solar panels: what are the short-term insurance considerations?” Before considering solar installation at your residence or business, we recommend you seek the advice of an accredited specialist …
The National Treasury has launched the Energy Bounce Back Loan Guarantee Scheme (EBB) – an initiative aimed at alleviating the impact of continuing difficulties resulting from unreliable power supply for small businesses and households. This follows …
According to the United Nations since 1990, at least 18 violent conflicts have been fueled by the exploitation of natural resources, whether high-value resources like timber, diamonds, gold, minerals and oil, or scarce ones like fertile land and water. …
Do you have a spare R34 Million odd? The Tesla Megapack is large-scale rechargeable lithium-ion battery stationary energy storage product, intended for use at battery storage power stations, manufactured by Tesla Energy, the clean energy subsidiary of …
As South Africa moves closer and closer to Stage 8 (or Stage 11 – as some prophets of doom would have us all believe) the battery storage required to keep a household and/or small business running efficiently has crept up from 5 kW being enough to …
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, has begun the public consultation process on the intention to exclude the development and expansion of solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage facilities from the requirement to obtain …
A recent snap survey of property agents found that they would add, on average, 16% to their valuation of a home if it were not reliant on the municipal grid for water, electricity and sewerage. With concerns about government service delivery failings and …
The TED Talk below highlights how we live in a world where our energy system is overwhelmingly dependent on burning fossil fuels and asks: What are the viable pathways to a clean and safe future, and how do we collectively navigate this transition? While …