Senwes to save from completed solar project

20th July 2016

By: Megan van Wyngaardt

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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The installation of 2 392 solar panels at South African agribusiness Senwes’s head office, in Klerksdorp, will save a projected 1 172 t/y of carbon emissions, equivalent to 270 running cars or 481 t/y of coal.

CEO Joe Maswanganyi says the project, which was completed in June, will save about 1 kg of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour, as well as cost savings of R2-million in the first year.

Senwes’s buildings and carports are covered with 2 392 solar panels with a total capacity of 753.48 kW.

The total projected solar use per year is 1.17-million kilowatt-hours, which constitutes 39% of the total electricity consumption at the Senwes head office.

This project started in January and was integrated into the existing electricity grid in June.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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