Sun International completes installation of one of the biggest rooftop solar plants in the country

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South African casino launches rooftop solar plant as big as four rugby fields

Sun International has completed the installation of one of South Africa's biggest rooftop photovoltaïc (PV) solar plants at the Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal.

Installed by LTM Energy Group, Sibaya said the plant set a "new standard" for commercial energy efficiency in the hospitality industry.
 
This goes to show just how much energy from our national grid these entities consume. All that investment and only 60% of their needs. And this is just 1 establishment. Imagine entire industries.
 
Willie Trombone said:
Right, Jannie, go fetch my phillips. Uh... boss... I left it under one of the panels. Which one? Hmm... I think it was 18 across and 70 down.
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Ja I'm genuinely curious how maintenance is supposed to work in that kind of installation. I mean it's not impossible for a panel right in the middle to get cracked by hailstone, or for a connector to have a manufacturing defect.

I guess they're accessible from below?
 
Tomtomtom said:
Ja I'm genuinely curious how maintenance is supposed to work in that kind of installation. I mean it's not impossible for a panel right in the middle to get cracked by hailstone, or for a connector to have a manufacturing defect.

I guess they're accessible from below?
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Not sure about any of that but Tuesday is panel cleaning day...

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Tomtomtom said:
Ja I'm genuinely curious how maintenance is supposed to work in that kind of installation. I mean it's not impossible for a panel right in the middle to get cracked by hailstone, or for a connector to have a manufacturing defect.

I guess they're accessible from below?
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Exactly my thought. No space between panels.
 
The article doesn't seem to mention that there's any battery component in this installation, so they'll only be able to utilise the output during sun hours?
 
Tomtomtom said:
Ja I'm genuinely curious how maintenance is supposed to work in that kind of installation. I mean it's not impossible for a panel right in the middle to get cracked by hailstone, or for a connector to have a manufacturing defect.

I guess they're accessible from below?
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It's above/covering an open parking lot, so it's not really a roof-top installation.
 
airborne said:
The article doesn't seem to mention that there's any battery component in this installation, so they'll only be able to utilise the output during sun hours?
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Why would they spend all that extra money when they can use Eskom as a battery?

To be fair I guess their consumption aligns fairly well to production, but ja this is how we get the duck curve.
 
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