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ADVERTORIAL

SOLAR ENERGY FROM BLUE ECHO

Erin Berman-Levy is the CEO of Blue Echo, a renewable energy company which

consults on cost-effective solar and hydrogen energy solutions. In the solar space,
the company works mainly in the commercial and industrial fields, but has recently
become more involved in residential installations due to ongoing load shedding.

he company focusses on holistic
energy solutions for solar, battery
Tstorage, wheeling, renewable
energy certificates, gas-to-power, biogas
and electricity trading. Options available
include power purchase agreements (PPA)
or outright purchases.

In terms of solar energy, Blue Echo’s
financed solution delivers long term
savings to businesses, enabling reduced
monthly electricity costs and carbon Try our power
emissions. Its turnkey solar service
includes the operations, maintenance, purchase agreement for
performance monitoring and insurance
of the PV system, ensuring optimum
performance to provide the highest your landscaping and
monetary savings. With solar being the
lowest cost of energy and easily integrated
with other sources of energy, the journey commercial business needs:
to greening a business begins here.
Battery storage gives an immediate,
uninterrupted power supply to businesses Free installation and supply of solar system.
and creates a mini-grid which enables Completed commercial installations by Blue Echo
companies to operate independently of
the national grid. Batteries can also be Risk-free: zero CapEx, maintenance and
used to store excess energy and reduce insurance included.
base load by using solar to run a business Gas-to-power is easily integrated with
during daylight hours. solar PV and gas-driven engines or
turbines use cheaper, cleaner energy Up to 50% savings on electricity.
Wheeling is an offsite solar solution that to power your operations. They are a
is cheaper and more sustainable. It refers more sustainable alternative to diesel
to electricity being transferred from its generators that provide power when the
generated source to another location to grid is down. Combined heat and power
be consumed. Most often, the areas where technology is a significant component We also offer the option to purchase
the sun is the most powerful and solar PV of the gas-to-power solution that uses
generates the highest yield, are not the wasted heat generated from the gas and own your solar system, and enjoy
same areas where power is required the engines, and repurposes it back into the
most. With the above-mentioned PPA, an manufacturing process, enabling further all the free power that it generates.
offsite solar solution is provided, enabling reduced tariffs. This can be assisted with one of our
a business to receive solar energy without
physically installing solar PV on its Biogas is a renewable energy source flexible finance offers to suit your

premises. produced by the breakdown of organic IPPs and small-scale generators, transport
matter such as plant material. It is a green, or ‘wheel’ this energy across the national needs, and your budget.
Renewable energy certificates (RECs) carbon-neutral energy. Naturally grown and municipal grid networks and sell it
are also referred to as carbon credits plants such as Vetiver are used as the raw to customers at a discount to prevailing
or green tags. They represent the clean materials to produce biogas which is a electricity tariffs. Due to its diversified
energy attributes of renewable electricity. sustainable alternative to using other gas service offering, the company is able to
Carbon credits are measurable, verifiable options. Blue Echo’s biogas production focus on renewable energy sources to
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emission reductions from certified climate facility is under development and will provide improved security of supply. Star t sa ving toda y!
action projects that reduce or remove enable, amongst other things, rural
greenhouse gases. Through its holistic development through farming, facilitating For further information contact +27 (79) 892 8197
energy solution offering, Blue Echo job creation and more gas-to-power Erin Berman-Levy on 079 892 8197
provides RECs to supplement a company’s solutions. or visit www.blueecho.co.za  info@blueecho.co.za
green energy requirements, promote www.blueecho.co.za
its sustainability efforts and justify its Electricity trading enables Blue Echo to Information supplied by Blue Echo and
reduction in carbon emissions. source renewable power from multiple SA Jewish Report www.sajr.co.za n

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