Generators That Are Suited For South Africa
South Africa is a country filled with natural resources that can be harnessed to provide energy that is virtually free. Eskom is not the only option there is to power your home, especially with rolling blackouts continuing through the country, especially during the energy intensive winter months.
Generators South Africa has a wide range of products that will suite all households. South African is specifically well suited for the use of wind and solar generators, due to the fact that South Africa has a very sunny climate, and some areas, like are extremely windy. South Africa has so much natural resources that we can use to generate electricity in a cost effective and earth friendly manner.
Take a look at how you can harness the power of nature for use in your own home using generators. And you will never be left in the dark again.
Wind Generators
A study done by the Mail and Guardian found that Port Elizabeth was South Africa’s windiest city. With an average wind speed of 4.3 meters per second and 95.7 percent of the year Port Elizabeth experiences winds of 1.6 meters per second or more, and 20.2 percent of the year this city experiences winds of 8 meters per second or more.
In comparison Cape Town experiences winds of 1.6 meters per second or more on 95.6 percent days of the year and 18.7 percent of the year Cape Town experiences winds of 8 meters per second or more.
But, in fact, the windiest place in South Africa is Cape Point which experiences only 2 percent of the year with calm, non windy conditions. The annual average wind speed at Cape Point is 14.1 meters per second and 42.1 percent of those winds are greater than 8 meters per second. But the strongest wind speed ever recorded in South Africa was recorded in Beaufort West on 16 May 1984, with wind speeds measuring 186km per hour. This means that South Africa is perfectly suited for the use of wind generators as a means to generate power, especially if you live in either Port Elizabeth or Cape Town.
Solar Generators
South Africa is ranked as the fifth sunniest place in the world, with regards to average hours of sunlight per day. With Upington in the Northern Cape ranked as the sunniest place in South Africa. South Africa has almost constant sunshine throughout the year, which makes it a perfect country to use solar panels.
Solar panels are relatively in expensive and can be mounted on your roof to harness the energy of the sun. The solar panels then send the power to a storage battery, which is then send through a converter, which converts this natural electricity into safe energy that is compatible with the voltage requirements in your home.
Furthermore, Eskom is offering rebates to people who are using natural resources to generate their own electricity. So whichever way you look at it, it is a win-win situation.
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