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Category Archives: Renewable Energy
Risk of Load Shedding – 17 June 2014
June 17, 2014 Reduce electricity usage to minimize risk of load shedding In order to reduce the risk of load shedding, please reduce the use of electricity by at least 9pm by switching off swimming pool pumps, geysers and … Continue reading
Load Shedding implemented in Port Elizabeth again.
March 6, 2014 Electricity load shedding currently being implemented The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is currently implementing a load shedding schedule as directed by Eskom. Group 5 (New Brighton, Seaview, Walker Drive and Brickmakerskloof amongst others) and group 6 (Vuyisile … Continue reading
GREEN FUND RUN 2012 – Grahamstown
Help to improve environmental sustainability at Rhodes and in Grahamstown The Rhodes University Green Fund is designed to promote environmental sustainability at Rhodes and in Grahamstown more generally. This is a great opportunity for Grahamstown NGO’s to be part of … Continue reading
Possibly Steep Municipal Increases during 2012
Residents may have to brace themselves for steep increases when the new municipal service charge comes into effect on July 1 this year. It is expected that electricity will increase with a massive 25% , while rates and service charges … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy Saving, Green, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Geysers, Solar Power, Water Conservation, Yes Solar
Tagged Electricity Rates, Municipal Rates Increase, Municipal Services Rates, Natural Resources, Nelson Mandela Metropole, Save Electricity, Yes Solar
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What is a Carbon Footprint?
What is a Carbon Footprint? Carbon refer to Carbon Dioxide, a colourless odourless gas, formed by the burning of carbon/fossil fuels, or breathed out by animals/humans from the lungs Footprint – Impression of a human or an animal foot on … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Energy Saving, Environmentally Friendly, Go Green, Grey Water Recycling, Rainwater Harvesting, Recycle, Renewable Energy, Solar Geysers, Water Conservation, Water Tanks, Yes Solar
Tagged Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Offsetting, Climate Change, COP17, Ecological Footprint, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse Gas, Greywater re-use, Mitigation, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Rhapsody, Water tanks
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With Yes Solar your solar geyser will pay for itself!
“Last year I installed those solar panels in my house for the geyser, that energy-efficient kind. Today, I got a call from the contractor who installed it. He complained that the work had been completed a year ago and I … Continue reading
Go Green in 4 Weeks!
Four weeks doesn’t sound like a long time, but by making small changes every day for a month you will be able to tackle the task of Going Green with ease. WEEK 1 Day 1: Start with you paper. … Continue reading
Wind Power in South Africa
Kilian Hagemann, director at G7 Renewable Energies (one of SA’s leading large-scale wind farm developers), rates wind power as the leading technology available to meet South Africa’s renewable energy targets. “It’s the only technology that has really been successfully rolled … Continue reading
Load shedding – again?
With winter not in full swung yet South Africa’s electricity shortages are so severe that Eskom is regularly cutting supply to some of its major clients to prevent the entire supply network to collapse. During peak times last month Eskom … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Geysers
Tagged Load Shedding, Solar geysers, Solar power, Yes Solar
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Lewis Pugh on Karoo Fracking
This is the content of a short speech given on Friday night in Cape Town by Lewis Gordon Pugh OIG (a.k.a. the Human Polar Bear) about the proposed fracking for gas in the Karoo, by Shell. He received a sustained … Continue reading