Midstream Estate's plan to avoid stage 4 load-shedding

[Jan]

How one top Gauteng estate will avoid stage 4 load-shedding

The sought-after Midstream residential estate in Gauteng has revealed how its Smart Grid Energy Plan will protect residents from load-shedding up to stage 4.

As reported by Daily Investor, Midstream first discussed the R200-million plan with residents at a special Energy Indaba on 7 February 2023.

 

[r00igev@@r]

My plan is cheaper.

 

[Ecco]

Nice, especially if you live there or were looking to live there

 

[Sapphiron]

My plan is also cheaper

 

[RaptorSA]

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My plan is cheaper.

If I had to buy meat and charcoal each time the power is out I'd be fat and hideously indebted right now.

 

[1am7h30n3]

Sounds good to me. Wishing them a speedy and successful implementation.

 

[mastercylinder]

If I had to buy meat and charcoal each time the power is out I'd be fat and hideously indebted right now.

But you'd be happy.

 

[Ecco]

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My plan is cheaper.

My plan is also cheaper

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That highveld winter is coming - then what? LOL

 

[RaptorSA]

This new "federalized" community way of living in this sh**hole is the only way forward. Always nice to see people take action instead of moaning all day.

I fear though that many are going to be left behind. Attending one of the AGM meetings in our complex for instance is enough to spiral oneself into depression ... I can only hope the average complex/community have higher IQ's than the one I'm trapped in.

Someone literally suggested we get Tesla Solar Roofs installed the other day.
One other genius wants a centralized generator in a place with 60 units where just getting everyone to pay levies is a constant battle.

 

[hj007]

This new "federalized" community way of living in this sh**hole is the only way forward. Always nice to see people take action instead of moaning all day.

I fear though that many are going to be left behind. Attending one of the AGM meetings in our complex for instance is enough to spiral oneself into depression ... I can only hope the average complex/community have higher IQ's than the one I'm trapped in.

Someone literally suggested we get Tesla Solar Roofs installed the other day.
One other genius wants a centralized generator in a place with 60 units where just getting everyone to pay levies is a constant battle.

Yup.. the average at school, population etc means half the people are below average

 

[system32]

The main focus will be installing a large 8MVA battery bank that can store excess electricity generated by private solar farms, residential rooftop solar, Eskom’s grid, and, if necessary, Midstream’s fuel-based generators.

What kind of unit is MVA?
What is 8MVA in kW and kWh so that regular myBB people can understand.

 

[mastercylinder]

What kind of unit is MVA?
What is 8MVA in kW and kWh so that regular myBB people can understand.

It means the battery can deliver 8M Volt-Amps. It's a weird unit for a DC source, but essentially it means you can instantaneously pull 8MW out of it. For how long? They didn't say.

 

[RaptorSA]

What kind of unit is MVA?
What is 8MVA in kW and kWh so that regular myBB people can understand.

So VA is just another way of saying Watts.
So 8MW... 8 Mega Watts ... likely 8 Million Watt Hours...so 8000 households can pull 1000 Watts for 8 Hours.
If that's the case it's a crapton of storage.

 

[joshuatree]

Moerse... They should reconvene - Stage 6 plus is here.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Only stage 4, silver lakes is covered to stage 6

 

[mypetcow]

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So VA is just another way of saying Watts.
So 8MW... 8 Mega Watts ... likely 8 Million Watt Hours...so 8000 households can pull 1000 Watts for 8 Hours.
If that's the case it's a crapton of storage.

No man. 8MW is a rate not capacity. 8MW is the flow rate through the bottleneck. We have no idea how much water (liters/MWh) is in the bottle.

For all we know it’s 8MWh, 10MWh or more…or less…who knows.

If it’s 8MWh then we can pull a rate of 8MW for exactly 1 hour. Because 8MW*1h = 8MWh

Who can clarify?

 

[RaptorSA]

No man. 8MW is a rate not capacity. 8MW is the flow rate through the bottleneck. We have no idea how much water (liters/MWh) is in the bottle.

For all we know it’s 8MWh, 10MWh or more…or less…who knows.

If it’s 8MWh then we can pull a rate of 8MW for exactly 1 hour. Because 8MW*1h = 8MWh

Who can clarify?

Do your own research.
Here's an example of a 2.8MVA battery bank, so it'll likely be a few of these stringed together:



You owe me biltong.

 

[Sapphiron]

That highveld winter is coming - then what? LOL

Weakling!

Actually I am a capetonian, so we get wet down here.

 

[LCBXX]

I suggest they spend this money on securing backup water-supply.

The dry years are coming.

 

[mypetcow]

Do your own research.
Here's an example of a 2.8MVA battery bank, so it'll likely be a few of these stringed together:

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You owe me biltong.

You write 2.8 MVA (MW)….that’s the rate i.e power.
But you highlight the energy capacity: 2.7MWh <— the ‘h’ tells you its energy.

This means that this battery going full blast at 2.8 MW will go from 100% to 0% in less than an hour as the capacity is less than its rate of 2.8kWh…it’s 2.7kWh.

The power is not its energy capacity.

Im thinking you should get the biltong