{"id":239137,"date":"2022-10-05T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T10:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=122477"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T10:27:59","slug":"the-shoprite-group-increased-solar-capacity-by-82-in-12-months-easing-pressure-on-the-national-electricity-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-shoprite-group-increased-solar-capacity-by-82-in-12-months-easing-pressure-on-the-national-electricity-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shoprite Group increased solar capacity by 82% in 12 months, easing pressure on the national electricity grid"},"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\/10\/the-shoprite-group-increased-solar-capacity-by-82-in-12-months-easing-pressure-on-the-national-electricity-grid.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/the-shoprite-group-increased-solar-capacity-by-82-in-12-months-easing-pressure-on-the-national-electricity-grid.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><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=122478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"191\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-122478 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/the-shoprite-group-increased-solar-capacity-by-82-in-12-months-easing-pressure-on-the-national-electricity-grid.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-122478 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/the-shoprite-group-increased-solar-capacity-by-82-in-12-months-easing-pressure-on-the-national-electricity-grid.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"191\">The Shoprite Group increased solar capacity by 82% in 12 months, easing pressure on the national electricity grid<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 12 months, the Shoprite Group has increased its installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems by 82% to 26,606 kWp. The 143,674m2 of solar panels at 62 sites, is equivalent to the size of 20 soccer fields.<\/p>\n<p>This is enough to power the equivalent of 3,735 households for one full year, thus easing the pressure on the national electricity grid.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the marked progress, the Group is still focused on growing its solar-powered and renewable electricity installations while improving energy efficiency to reduce its environmental footprint, further reducing added strain on the national electricity grid. Other initiatives include a drive to reduce electricity consumption by installing LED lights at its sites, which has saved 399 million kWh to date.<\/p>\n<p>Using renewable energy and embracing energy efficiency is part of the Group\u2019s plans to reduce indirect greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In the last financial year, the Group has increased its total renewable installations from 32 to 62. These now produce 40,894 MWh \u2013 11,614 MWh more than in November last year.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Group has increased its fleet of solar-powered trailers by 234, to a total of 1,041.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly proud of our increased use of renewable electricity, and we intend to build on this in the coming years to meet our science-based emission reduction targets, including net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050,\u201d says Sanjeev Raghubir, Shoprite Group Sustainability Manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, we\u2019ve saved more than R16 million in electricity costs in the past year through our solar PV systems and these additional savings are passed on to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">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 since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">84<\/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\/the-shoprite-group-increased-solar-capacity-by-82-in-12-months-easing-pressure-on-the-national-electricity-grid\/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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