cvzyl Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Visiting my brother on his farm this weekend. He has a 102kW installation. 408 250W panels connected to 4 SMA Sunny Tripower inverters. Man, wish I could have an installation like this. He generated 18MW last month. Gabriël, Gerald_db, McWidowmaker and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hobson Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Unbelievable! Kudos to your boet. That is a serious install. What difference has it made to his Eskom bill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvzyl Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 As I said he generated 18MW last month, probably around R15k a month saving. He also has a 200 kW wind turbine which has been running for about 18 months now. Not as predictable as solar and only really makes rated capacity under very specific wind conditions. jdp, yes it is expensive but his reasoning is that he cannot wait and do nothing, at the rate that electricity prices is increasing he needs to buffer his input cost. He spent a lot on renewables, with the wind turbine and solar installation he also had to build his own electricity grid on the farm to distribute the power he generates effectively. It is still only about half of his consumption. But I tell you, those inverters are works of art. If my wife allowed me I'd mount them in my living room! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaves Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Wow awesome,do you have details and photos of the turbine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvzyl Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 leaves, the turbine mast is 24m high and the diameter of the blades is also 24 m. These are the only pics I have of it atm. Not sure who the manufacturer of the unit is. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Gerald_db and Energy-Jason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOLARWIND Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I love it!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWidowmaker Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 In Ekurhuleni, business tariff, we are currently paying 1.75/kwh. That's about 31k a month if it was here. Awesome setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 In Cape Town it is R1.87 ex VAT = R33 660 + R4 712 = R 38 372.40 incl. I only use about 16kWh per day so that is R34.19 incl VAT for me. And I am still too high. To many wants still around the house. SWAMBO's and all their siblings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepBass9 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 What sort of battery bank does he have? I presume he runs the high power stuff in the day, and only stores some for overnight use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvzyl Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 No storage, grid-tie only. He has a 400kW generator for power failures. His demand is typically 500 - 700 kW so no excess to store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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