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The coolest, and now greenest, place in KZN at installing a solar carport structure to
house their pallets. This project will be
installed and managed by SolarSaver and
Dube Cold Storage (iDube), effective. Their performance is also monitored on an will increase the on-site power capacity
based at Dube Tradeport, King ongoing basis. by a further 60kW, over and above the
iShaka International Airport in “Key to our offering is educating our clients, to allow previously added 180 kW. This will result
KwaZulu-Natal, handles a large them to make an informed decision. Once the decision is in the creation of 223 278 kWh of clean
amount of frozen goods, both made, the system is installed and producing solar power, energy per year.
imported and for export, daily. we ensure the system operates at maximum efficiency. Since the project went live, iDube
With a storage capacity of 12 Our SolarSaver support teams monitor the system has saved 200 t of CO 2 output (vs. using
000 tonnes, and with most of daily and set rigorous cleaning schedules to maintain municipal power sources). This is equivalent
the frozen items stored being maximum performance of the system to produce the to saving 21 trees, or the CO 2 emissions of 25
perishable, they require a fair highest amount of kWh’s possible,” said Lance Green, households of four people.
amount of electrical power to the head of sales at SolarSaver.
keep their goods fresh. As a result of this success, iDube Cold Storage is For more Information, visit
Four years ago, iDube expanding the existing system on the roof and looking www.solar-saver.net
enlisted the services of a solar
company to reduce its electricity
costs. At the time the company
was informed that it would only
be profitable to install solar
on north facing roofs, and that
south facing roofs would not
produce sufficient solar energy.
SolarSaver approached
iDube with the intent to
educate and inform them about
solar energy. Although they
were initially hesitant, iDube
eventually agreed to allow
SolarSaver to show them the
benefits of installing a solar
system on the south facing side
of their roof.

“The first company, who had
installed our north facing solar
panels, had said that it would not
be worth putting panels on the
south face, due to the surface not
getting enough light. SolarSaver
came along, investigated and BACKUP POWER
assured us that this was not the
case,” said Gary Liebenberg, the TO ENSURE
BUSINESS
owner of iDube Cold Storage.
Within a week of installation, the CONTINUITY
new system on the south side was
outperforming the existing one on
the north facing roof, providing
more power at a lower cost, and
significantly reducing the need for
grid power.
The performance of the new
system is not just down to the
installation, but also down to how
the systems are maintained. The
SolarSaver systems are cleaned
regularly to maintain optimal
performance, making them more

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