Solar Pool Heating
Solar Pool heating is an affordable way to heat your pool to a comfortable temperature for a once of investment in Pool Solar Panels. After the initial investment there are basically no running cost to heat your Pool.
Some Advantages of a solar heated pool.
- You can extend your swimming season
- No running cost
- Environmentally Friendly
- Solar Pool Heating is maintenance free
The only requirement is that you run your pump during the day while the sun is out instead of during the night. As you have to run your pump/filter in any case to keep your pool clean there should be no extra cost at all for a free heated swimming pool
Categories: Energy Saving, Solar power Tags: heated pool, solar panels, solar pool heating
Eskom wants to be solar giant
Eskom said on Monday it expects to become a dominant solar energy player as it seeks to reduce its carbon footprint, with plenty of funding available to pay for renewable ventures.
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Categories: Solar power Tags: carbon footprint, solar energy
Poor Community in Hot Water
Cape Town – In the run-up to World Environment Day on Saturday, the MEC for the Western Cape’s environmental affairs and development planning department has gone on a walkabout in Darling to personally asses the implementation of solar water geysers in the community.
The department has installed over 1 000 solar water geysers, but MEC Anton Bredell warned that people should not be completely reliant on the government.
http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Poor-community-in-hot-water-20100602
Categories: Solar power Tags: darling, environmental affairs, hot water, solar water, water geysers, world environment day
Renewable Energy for the home
The trend toward homes that are powered by alternative energy sources, ranging from wind turbines and solar collection cells to hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one that needs grow and to continue into the 21st century and beyond. Read more…
Categories: Solar power, Wind Power Tags: alternative energy sources, coal, fossil fuels, global warming, renewable energy, wind turbines
A powerplant in your home
A home in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is the subject of a pilot project that could lead to South African households producing their own electricity – and selling the surplus to national electricity provider Eskom.
The system has been running since the end of July 2008 and, says the municipality, it will assess results after another six months to decide on a bigger roll-out strategy.