{"id":226334,"date":"2022-05-18T10:56:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=116061"},"modified":"2022-05-18T10:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:56:32","slug":"which-province-offers-the-highest-roi-for-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/which-province-offers-the-highest-roi-for-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Province Offers the Highest ROI for Solar Power?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/which-province-offers-the-highest-roi-for-solar-power.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/which-province-offers-the-highest-roi-for-solar-power.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>South Africa is a land blessed with abundant sunshine, not too much rain and cooling sea breezes. An ideal climate in which to utilise Solar Power to power our grid. There are a number of factors that contribute to a good ROI on a Solar Power Plant. Chat to <a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\">Straton Solar<\/a> for a comprehensive list of all the industry insider tips they have gained over more than 15 years of installing solar power plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The key to a good Solar Power installation is based on a few simple requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Maximum Sunlight Hours<\/li>\n<li>North Facing Panels with NO shadow<\/li>\n<li>Perfect declination \u2013 equal to the latitude the installation is on<\/li>\n<li>Fresh Solar Panels from the same batch (in a string of solar panels on a single MPPT the power generation is governed by the \u2018weakest link\u2019 \u2013 i.e the panel generating the lowest power. There are inverters that get around this \u2013 speak to <a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\">Straton Solar<\/a> for that solution.)<\/li>\n<li>Grid Tie Only (Hybrid and off grid systems use solar power to charge the batteries)<\/li>\n<li>Short Cable runs (DC is notorious for losses over long cable runs)<\/li>\n<li>Some wind to keep the panels cool (Ideally solar panel environmental temperature should range between 15\u00b0C and 35\u00b0C during which solar cells will produce at maximum efficiency. Our famous <a href=\"https:\/\/mygqeberha.com\">Gqeberha<\/a> wind does a sterling job in keeping Solar Panels as close to ideal temperature as possible.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>In South Africa the peak sunshine hours vary from 5.05 hours to 5.33 hours per day \u2013 depending on which province:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Northern Cape: 5.7 \u2013 6.3<\/li>\n<li>North West: 5.5 \u2013 6.1<\/li>\n<li>Western Cape: 4.7 \u2013 6.0<\/li>\n<li>Free State: 5.3 \u2013 5.7<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\">Eastern Cape<\/a>: 4.3 \u2013 5.6<\/li>\n<li>Gauteng: 5.3 \u2013 5.5<\/li>\n<li>Mpumalanga: 4.7 \u2013 5.5<\/li>\n<li>Kwazulu-Natal: 4.3 \u2013 5.3<\/li>\n<li>Limpopo: 4.7 \u2013 5.3<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Consequently the entire South Africa has great potential for solar power implementation. South Africa sees on average between 1543 \u2013 2264 kWh\/m2 a year \u2013 having at least 4 hours of peak sunlight is best for solar panels. A study has indicated that a solar generating facility covering just 0.3% of the area comprising North Africa could supply all of the energy required by the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa is one of the best places in the entire world to develop solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa is considered a relatively dry country, with annual rainfall averaging only 464mm in comparison to the world average of 806mm. Less rain means more chance for peak sun hours \u2013 resulting in more power generated from solar PV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In terms of Solar Power Generation South Africa (in 2020) was 22nd on this list:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>China (6.2% of total consumption)<\/li>\n<li>European Union<\/li>\n<li>United States<\/li>\n<li>Japan<\/li>\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Australia<\/li>\n<li>South Korea<\/li>\n<li>Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>Spain<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li>Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Taiwan<\/li>\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Poland<\/li>\n<li>South Africa (2% of total consumption)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you live in the Northern Cape, South Africa then your first step (number of peak sunshine hours) to a massive Return on Investment is in place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20422\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ground Based Solar Panels\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20422 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/which-province-offers-the-highest-roi-for-solar-power.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/which-province-offers-the-highest-roi-for-solar-power.jpg\" alt=\"Ground Based Solar Panels\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ground Based Solar Panels. Photo: Straton Solar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Video:<\/strong> Which Province Offers the Highest ROI for Solar Power?<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Info on Which Province Offers the Highest ROI for Solar Power? here:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar<\/a><br \/><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyPE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyPE<\/a><br \/><strong>Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StratonElectrical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StratonElectrical\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/save-with-myprs-monthly-flat-fee\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">82<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/which-province-offers-the-highest-roi-for-solar-power\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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