stratonsolar

[stratonsolar]

Eskom proposes charging Solar Panel owners more for Electricity Fixed Costs

Like Your Local Supermarket Charging You More For Vegetables if you Farm Your Own Consider this scenario: Your local supermarket experiences a shortage of fresh produce and, as a result, has to ‘ration’ it’s sales of fresh produce to consumers. Savvy consumers resort to estacblishing their own home farms to grow their own fresh produce – relying on supermarkets for occasional ’emergency’…

[stratonsolar]

C Rating Definition

In the context of Lithium-Ion batteries, the letter C refers to the capacity rating of the battery and is a measure of the charge and discharge rates. A breakdown, by Straton Solar, of what this means follows below. C Rating Definition: The C rating indicates the rate at which a battery can be charged or discharged relative to its capacity. Charging and Discharging: A battery with a C rating of…

[stratonsolar]

Hubble HA11 48V Battery Load Balancer

Hubble Active Battery Balancer S-Series 48V HB11+ Keeps batteries in optimal condition Up to 10Amp inter battery balancing Ensures longer service life of batteries 24V Active balancer for S Series batteries Highly recommended for batteries in series Bluetooth enabled with phone app monitoring Easily connect to batteries with included wiring

[stratonsolar]

Hubble HA11 24V Battery Load Balancer

Hubble Active Battery Balancer S-Series 24V HB11+ Keeps batteries in optimal condition Up to 10Amp inter battery balancing Ensures longer service life of batteries 24V Active balancer for S Series batteries Highly recommended for batteries in series Bluetooth enabled with phone app monitoring Easily connect to batteries with included wiring

[stratonsolar]

Hubble S-100A 1.2kWh 12V 100Ah Lithium Ion LiFePO4 Battery (FIRST Life Cells) 3500 Cycles

This S100A range contains FIRST LIFE cells. NB – Please ensure you can set your inverter CUT OFF voltage to 11.2V, else the BMS will cut off and the battery will go dead (and will need to be jumped). You can only use this battery in the Mecer 1200VA/2400VA type inverters bought AFTER March 2023. We recommend using this battery ONLY with an inverter that is able to set cut off to 11V or…

[stratonsolar]

Short Term Insurance Considerations for Solar Panels

PSG Financial Services answer the question; “Solar panels: what are the short-term insurance considerations?” Before considering solar installation at your residence or business, we recommend you seek the advice of an accredited specialist solar PV systems provider. These specialist providers are well qualified and acquainted with the various laws and regulations that govern solar system…

[stratonsolar]

Solar Loans: All About the EBB

The National Treasury has launched the Energy Bounce Back Loan Guarantee Scheme (EBB) – an initiative aimed at alleviating the impact of continuing difficulties resulting from unreliable power supply for small businesses and households. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitment in his 2023 State of the Nation Address to adjust the bounce-back loan scheme (BBS) to enable small businesses…

[stratonsolar]

How Renewable Energy May Prevent Wars

According to the United Nations since 1990, at least 18 violent conflicts have been fueled by the exploitation of natural resources, whether high-value resources like timber, diamonds, gold, minerals and oil, or scarce ones like fertile land and water. Michael Klare, Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Massachusetts says that fossil fuels are triggering violent…

[stratonsolar]

What is a Tesla Megapack?

Do you have a spare R34 Million odd? The Tesla Megapack is large-scale rechargeable lithium-ion battery stationary energy storage product, intended for use at battery storage power stations, manufactured by Tesla Energy, the clean energy subsidiary of Tesla, Inc. Launched in 2019, each Megapack can store up to 3.9 megawatt-hours of electricity. Megapack is a powerful on demand battery that…

[stratonsolar]

Straton Solar compare the Price per KW prices of 10 popular Lithium Ion Battery choices

As South Africa moves closer and closer to Stage 8 (or Stage 11 – as some prophets of doom would have us all believe) the battery storage required to keep a household and/or small business running efficiently has crept up from 5 kW being enough to now 10 kW as being ‘adequate’. “Gone are the days when we could provide a client with a 2.5 kW battery backup. The increased severity and cycles of…

[stratonsolar]

Public comment sought on exclusion of expansion of solar PV from environmental authorisation

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, has begun the public consultation process on the intention to exclude the development and expansion of solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage facilities from the requirement to obtain environmental authorisation. The intention of the proposed exclusions is aimed at improving the efficiency of the environmental assessment…

[stratonsolar]

Your Home Could Sell for 16% More

A recent snap survey of property agents found that they would add, on average, 16% to their valuation of a home if it were not reliant on the municipal grid for water, electricity and sewerage. With concerns about government service delivery failings and ageing infrastructure, more people are considering their options for reducing their reliance on the municipal grid. The good news is that doing…

[stratonsolar]

We're standing at a crucial crossroads in history

The TED Talk below highlights how we live in a world where our energy system is overwhelmingly dependent on burning fossil fuels and asks: What are the viable pathways to a clean and safe future, and how do we collectively navigate this transition? While the need to get off fossil fuels is straightforward and urgent, the pathway to doing it equitably is anything but. Today, more than 80 percent…

[stratonsolar]

Record Breaking Lithium Ion 'almost' Doubles Wh/kg

Amprius Technologies, a leader in next-generation lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform, is once again raising the bar with the verification of its lithium-ion cell delivering unprecedented energy density of 500 Wh/kg, 1300 Wh/L, resulting in unparalleled run time. At approximately half the weight and volume of state-of-the-art, commercially available lithium-ion cells, the…

[stratonsolar]

The Lithium Ion Battery Revolution

In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, the need for efficient and reliable energy sources is more critical than ever. One such energy source that has revolutionized our lives is the lithium-ion battery. Used in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, these batteries provide a lightweight, high-energy-density, and long-lasting solution to power our modern gadgets and machines.…

[stratonsolar]

A call for clarity on solar tax Incentives for small businesses and sole proprietors

Henro Kruger MP, the DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Small Business Development has joined the call for clarity on the recent Solar Incentives announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in his February 2023 Budget Speech: The recent budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has brought attention to the ongoing energy crisis in South Africa. The National Treasury has proposed…

[stratonsolar]

Press Release: How to Cut the Eskom Umbilical Cord

“If you are planning a ‘divorce’ from Eskom then you need to do lots of investigation and planning,” says Alan Straton. When it comes to the provision of electricity to a smaller home or business the first choice was always to be connected to the grid. Now the advent of ‘consumer focused’ renewable energy generation solutions has created a groundswell of broad based competition to Eskom and an…