Renewable energy, obtained from renewable sources, has become essential in South Africa and countries that demonstrate concern about ecology and the dire consequences of increasing global warming, exacerbated by burning fossil fuel and toxic emissions from the tools and conveniences of the 21st century’s demands.
An Obvious Sunny South African Alternative
South Africa is richly endowed with warm to hot weather, even during most winter days, which is why harnessing the power of sunlight is an obvious alternative to obtaining electricity from a mains connection to the national grid.
Where the Wind Blows
There are existing wind farms, which harness wind-driven energy from banks of enormous spinning wind turbines, erected in some areas that are known to be windy throughout much of the year. Although wind, like sunlight, is free, establishing a wind farm with a large-scale capacity is expensive and thus a longer-term renewable energy solution.
Moreover, until very recently, no legislation permitted a once unwilling Eskom or consumers to obtain electricity from Independent Power Producers (IPPs) or purchase primary or excess energy directly from these IPPs.
Decades Behind
The principal South African electricity supplier appears to be decades behind in planning for the current and future electricity needs of the country, as well as the maintenance, repair and essential upgrades of its fossil-fuelled, mainly coal-burning power stations. An alternative is mandatory right now, but cannot be achieved immediately, no matter how much money is repeatedly thrown at the present problems.
More Energy-Generating Offerings
PacB Group’s power solutions have expanded its electricity-generating offerings to include sunlight, a renewable, clean, and free energy source, in conjunction with the top-notch installation, commissioning, service and repair of solar panels for residential, industrial, commercial and utility-scale solar power solutions.
It’s a great deal quicker, therefore less costly, to accomplish a successful solar panel installation that delivers the required level of energy. That is if a reputable, suitably qualified and experienced solar panel provider and installer are selected for the job.
Determining Factors
One should be aware that the efficient performance of any and every solar panel installationand the electrical energy that it provides is only as good as a number of determining factors:
A professional solar panel installation may be the ideal solution that you seek during the times when the national electricity provider is unable to provide the country with a constant and reliable supply of electrical power. Those who haven’t yet gone partially or completely off the grid with the help of a solar panel installation are left in the dark; simply powerless when there’s a planned or unplanned outage.
With the exception of nuclear and wind-powered electricity generation, solar power, generated by South Africa’s abundant sunshine, which is stored in banks of batteries, is the only other sustainable energy source currently available here.
At present, the Koeberg nuclear power station near Cape Town is the only one of its kind in the country. Bar a few glitches and the need for periodically planned shutdowns of nuclear units to perform maintenance, Koeberg has proved to be reliable, but its electricity-generating capacity cannot cater for the entire country’s electricity needs.
Pays for Itself
This almost miraculous solution – a solar panel installation – by a company like PacB, soon pays for itself in reducing your carbon footprint, saving money in the medium- to long-term, as well as saving the environment. All this and more may be accomplished by using a sustainable, renewable resource to keep you powered and empowered, and independent of an ongoing, unreliable and costly source of electricity. Instead, if it suits your requirements, utilise mains power as a backup, not vice versa.
Our qualified technicians offer support and advice in the selection of the right power solution for your needs by calculating your power requirements.