Greencon Part Of Eskom Programme
by admin on Apr.21, 2010, under Greencon, Greencon Local Energy Update, Greencon Solar Technology Update, Greencon Solar Water Heating Solutions, Greencon Technology Update
South Africa’s first large-scale solar-water heater project, whereby 200 000 solar geyser systems will be installed nationwide, will be launched next week, Department of Energy (DoE) acting deputy director-general Ompi Aphane said on Tuesday.
Speaking to journalists in Cape Town, Aphane elaborated that the project was an extension of State-owned enterprise Eskom’s solar water geyser installation programme, under which 3 000 solar water systems had been installed over the past three years.
The idea was to start “massifying” the roll-out, Aphane said, indicating that the 200 000 target had been set for the end of the current fiscal year.
The project was due to be formally launched by President Jacob Zuma in Winterveldt, north-west of Pretoria, on April 28, where 7 000 units would be installed.
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters told journalists that the DoE was working together with the South African Bureau of Standards to ensure that the technology, which had been flooding into the country over the past few years, was up to standard.
It was also stressed that the DOE was working with the Department of Trade and Industry to promote solar geyser local content.
“We believe that by next year we would have localised the solar water heater technology so that we do not have to import systems,” said Peters
