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'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.
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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).
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