Solar Panels and Windmills, is it possible to get off the Eskom's grid.

Muhtiman Wrote:

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> .....I'm also toying with the solar panel
> idea.....but at the moment costs are prohibitive
> and skilled installers are few and far
> between....ESCOM should give some form of subsidy
> like they do for certain solar geyser
> installations....to make it financially
> viable....not only trying to save electricity with
> the idea.....just do not want to be too dependant
> on it....so I can power certain appliances when be
> have blackouts....EVEN started collecting deep
> cycle 12V batteries for power storage....:S


Eskom do give subsidies for Solar Panels and Geysers.

mr hawaii Wrote:

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> I have the notion that Solar (perhaps not
> completely) could be the industry that could be
> the next Cellphone type savior that could help
> with unemployment. Our government should be
> training up installers all over the place as I
> have tried to investigate Solar but do not have
> trust in the few people and the prices are totally
> exorbitant if you want to use that energy for most
> of your home.

They have an ''whats in it for me attitude'' then they are not interested....

naresh Wrote:
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> Eskom do give subsidies for Solar Panels and
> Geysers.


Only for certain of "their" approved manufacturers and installers....keeps out the shoddy fly by nights....but excludes some high end panel producers and thus the costs.....15 year payback or more

Just out of interest. The Chinese have a solution to the earths power challenge nd hope to have it in place by 2030. The plan is to build a kilometre wide solar array around tbe moons equator which is permanently in the sun. Power to be transmitted to earth by laser and some other technology I
cannot remember. The generated output is believed to be sufficient for entire earth requirements. The technology already exists and the challenge now is developing the robots required to assemble the array.

The Madji Wrote:

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> Just out of interest. The Chinese have a solution
> to the earths power challenge nd hope to have it
> in place by 2030. The plan is to build a kilometre
> wide solar array around tbe moons equator which is
> permanently in the sun. Power to be transmitted to
> earth by laser and some other technology I
> cannot remember. The generated output is believed
> to be sufficient for entire earth requirements.
> The technology already exists and the challenge
> now is developing the robots required to assemble
> the array.

How do they transport that high energy through the atmosphere without damaging it?

Luci solar lamps. Cheap cheap. Can put you onto someone