Solar Water Heating
Condor Solar has been advising and assisting guest houses in the Cape Town to 'go green' by recommending and installing renewable energy solutions that are not only great for the environment, but are also saving the owners money on their monthly electricity bills.
Condor Solar does an obligation free assessment and supplies a detailed recommendation of the steps needed to be taken.
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Take your power back and save money with Condor Solar
Electricity prices are rising rapidly and the country's power shortage will be with us for years to come.
It therefore makes financial sense to invest in future savings and common sense to switch to renewable energy.
Long term saving requires that you make an investment in alternatives to Eskom electricity that are partly subsidised by the state.
The Solar rebate programme administration has been returned to Eskom after the Department of Energy proved unable and / or unwilling to manage the process.
The administrative impasse resulting from the botched transfer of the Solar rebate programme almost crippled the fledgling Solar Geyser installation industry and put 1000's of jobs and many small businesses at risk.
Can I run my whole house on solar power and be independent of the grid and get rid of the Eskom problem?
The answer is yes, of course you can. There are however certain things that need to be in place, and it is an expensive exercise.
But the return on your investment is enormous and over a relatively short time period. And it keeps paying.
The Department of Energy has announced the transitional arrangements for the implementation of the national solar water heater (SWH) programme.
From the 2 February and until further notice the Department of Energy has made available a capped total of rebates for only 5000 installations of solar water geysers and water heating systems, nationally.
No further subsidies will be available under this interim programme once this cap is exceeded.
'Photovoltaic (PV) solar electricity generation' and 'solar geysers or solar water heating' involve two fundamentally different technologies, but both rely on the conversion of energy carried by solar radiation (sunlight).
On a sunny day in Cape Town, sunlight delivers a powerful stream of energy to the tune of 1 kW per square meter.
A Thermo Syphon (TH) system relies on warm water rising, a phenomenon known as natural convection, to circulate water through the flat plate collector and to the tank (in TH systems with flat plate collectors).
At $40 per barrel, South Africa's GDP could lift by as much as 1.1% according to the Oxford Economics Group.
So why have Solar stocks fallen in line with plummeting oil prices?
Eskom has given notice to consumers that it will no longer be responsible for the future implementation, funding and management of the solar geyser and water heating rebate programme (both high and low pressure).
Eskom is in the process of handing over the responsibility for the solar rebate programme to the Department of Energy (DoE).
Use that hard-earned bonus for a Condor Solar Geyser and get a 10% discount for any Solar Water Heating System ordered before the end of February 2015.
This will save you between 30 and 50 percent of your electricity bill every month and will pay for itself within 3 years.
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