Solar Water Heaters: The Virtual Power Stations

July 22nd, 2009 | Categories: Cleantech · Infrastructure | Tags: , , , , ,

Eskom has been racking its brains to come up with simple, economical solutions to its current crisis. One of these solutions it, believes is a national solar water heating program that will reduce peak demand on its currently strained electricity grid by 5,000 MW with a total investment of R70billion, R30bn less than a coal fired base load power station of the same size.

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