Eskom failed.

I think neighborhoods powering each other is the way to go. All inverter connected to a local network, that can help share and balance electrical load. During the the day if I have excess power I can send it to Piet down the road who is running his pool pump etc.

Or have the excess power sent to a centralized battery system that can be used in the evenings.

The less eskom gets used the better. People said no to etolls hopefully we'll be able to do the same for eskom
 
Romy_ said:
I think all of us saw the report of the ships planning to produce and sell power to Eskom for the grid.

The question should be why is Eskom willing to hit the taxpayer, the Eskom customer and the municipal customer as hard as they possibly can?

Each time Eskom does something, it cost close to billions? Why are we not seeing a solar strategy? Eskom made it clear it will rather burn hundreds of millions of diesel then supplying homes with solar installations that will not only cost less, it will take pressure off the grid.

What are you doing, Eskom?

What is more important, Eskom or the country? I got news for you, Eskom, if malls close down, if businesses close down if homes can no longer afford the high cost of living. All is lost.

What then? At what point does Eskom do what is right for the country?

7.7 Billion rand is a lot of solar systems. Instead, you burned it all as diesel?

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What are you going to do about this? Kerm op myborad?
 
I live in a small town. Our town is run by the DA and is looking to bring a 20MW Solar Plant online in the next 18 months. Off course, it only works during the day and when sunny, but it's a 3rd of the town peak usage.

That I think is a better way forward, everyone gets a slice, or at least reduction in loadshedding during the day.

Edit: And the town is less reliant on Eskom in the long run, while still being able to charge for the solar they provide.
 
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Romy_ said:
Is it not true that our grid is being setup so that solar homes can pump power back into the grid? Is that system not already being drafted? Why must I reinvent the wheel here? If 64 thousand homes pump power back into the grid, it will do a tiny bit more. So no one is getting those solar systems for free, the systems will provide for the grid. That is the current plan, is it not?
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You are in fact not reinventing anything here.

And yes, you are proposing people get solar systems provided and installed by Eskom, and also they get to use the electricity it generates for free.

Who are the chosen few that get to live mostly off grid for free? Will they get free maintenance as well, or is that for your own pocket?
 
The better way would be to subsidise solar installations. Then those who get solar installed will look after it and not start selling off the components within a week.

If you read Ramaphosa's weekly letter of two weeks ago, you will see that he hinted at exactly such a strategy.

His exact words were: "Government is considering additional mechanisms to address the rising cost of electricity. These include measures such as helping households and small businesses install solar power and energy saving devices."
 
Stonemason said:
The better way would be to subsidise solar installations. Then those who get solar installed will look after it and not start selling off the components within a week.

If you read Ramaphosa's weekly letter of two weeks ago, you will see that he hinted at exactly such a strategy.

His exact words were: "Government is considering additional mechanisms to address the rising cost of electricity. These include measures such as helping households and small businesses install solar power and energy saving devices."
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You hit the nail on the head there, the only real solution is subsidies for solar installations.
 
Not a practical solution as that would only reduce demand by roughly 100MW at a very high cost. A utility scale solar/battery storage plant would be far more cost effective and fairer than the government funding 64,000 individual home solar systems.
 
Grieta Thanburg said:
I live in a small town. Our town is run by the DA and is looking to bring a 20MW Solar Plant online in the next 18 months. Off course, it only works during the day and when sunny, but it's a 3rd of the town peak usage.

That I think is a better way forward, everyone gets a slice, or at least reduction in loadshedding during the day.

Edit: And the town is less reliant on Eskom in the long run, while still being able to charge for the solar they provide.
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Nice, we need more of this.

The just need to add Molten-salt batteries so they can store electricity to use the times the sun does not shine.
 
BBSA said:
Nice, we need more of this.

The just need to add Molten-salt batteries so they can store electricity to use the times the sun does not shine.
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We'll see how much of it actually pans out, but it was refreshing to read. If all goes well, they'll bring it online just before the 2024 elections :thumbsup:

At the moment, we have no water or electricity.

KOUGA TO EXPLORE ‘CLEAN’ ENERGY SOURCES

KOUGA TO EXPLORE ‘CLEAN’ ENERGY SOURCES
www.kouga.gov.za www.kouga.gov.za
 
But why? Do you want a free solar system?
Surely it will be much cheaper to use all that money to just put a few solar farms up and have everything installed for the optimum efficiency?
SO nice try, but it seems this is more about you getting something for free than a proper solution.
 
Romy_ said:
Take housing of the grid so that industry can have base-load so that we can have jobs. The solution isn't perfect, but paying boats for power is better, how?
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Housing uses hardly anything. The whole of Namibia and Botswana combined uses about 1000MW.
 
Slowestclock said:
I think neighborhoods powering each other is the way to go. All inverter connected to a local network, that can help share and balance electrical load. During the the day if I have excess power I can send it to Piet down the road who is running his pool pump etc.

Or have the excess power sent to a centralized battery system that can be used in the evenings.

The less eskom gets used the better. People said no to etolls hopefully we'll be able to do the same for eskom
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It's just illegal to do that at the moment. I wonder why?
 
wingnut771 said:
Housing uses hardly anything. The whole of Namibia and Botswana combined uses about 1000MW.
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Then why are we even loadshedded? Doesn't seem to have any impact on consumption according to your numbers, except maybe to disrupt our lives and create a communist crisis meant to destabilize and control, not?
Bliksis said:
You want Eskom to buy you a solar system for your house?
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Actually I want them to provide the electricity they should provide as part of their mandate and according to the huge debt they created, supposedly to do exactly that.
But since they obviously can't, yeah, they can gimme solar as alternative to their failing.
 
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