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Johannesburg Residents with PV solar systems will soon be able to feed back their excess power to the grid

Johannesburg Residents with PV solar systems will soon be able to feed back their excess power to the grid

The move to pay solar users for excess electricity follows similar measures introduced in Australia in 2008 and closer to home in the City of Cape Town last month. Feed-in tariffs for residential generation in Cape Town is expected in 2024. A feed-in tariff (FiT) is a credit you can receive for any unused electricity …

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12 hrs Usage Time for Solar LED Flood Lights

12 hrs Usage Time for Solar LED Flood Lights | Save Energy | Get OFF the Grid

Intro The good news is that 3 of our solar lights stay on for over 12 hours. We are now in winter. Last night the lights automatically switched on at about 6 pm and they were on the whole night until 6:45 this morning – amazing! Not all our solar lights last that long just …

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Why You Should Use Electricity Sub Metering if You Have a Tenant

Why You Should Use Electricity Sub Metering if You Have a Tenant

Intro First the good news: yesterday I received confirmation from Meter Mate that the payment for our tenant’s electricity from 1st June to the 30th June had been duly deposited into our bank account. Dealing with Meter Mate has been a breeze👍👌👏. I don’t want to go into a long drawn article but I would …

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12 Household Essentials to Cope with Power Outages in South Africa

12 Household Essentials to Cope with Power Outages in South Africa

Intro Load shedding continues unabated for hard-hit South Africans, and is set to get even worse in the coming weeks. South Africans are enduring ‘Stage 6 Load Shedding’ (10 hours without electricity every 24 hours) and experts forecast the power outages to increase to Stages 8 and possibly stage 10. The constant power cuts wreak …

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Why You Should Use Solar Flood Lights at Home

Why You Should Use Solar Flood Lights at Home | Save Energy | Get Grid Free

Intro Moving to solar energy is one way you can help yourself get off the grid or at least minimize reliance on the grid. Solar lights are a modern way of lighting and they are self powered. While some use the lights to add beauty to their property, solar energy is being used more and …

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