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First of 1,000 South African
schools receives PV system
As part of a project financed by the
European Union’s DG XVII designed to supply 1,000 South African
schools with PV systems, the first system has been successfully
installed (see PI 2-2000, page 6).
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A
small but sufficient PV system provides light to the
Luvunvu school for evening courses |
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The rural school Luvundu SSS,
recently inaugurated in Willowvale, South Africa, is the first school
to now receive electricity by a 880 watt PV system. The system
includes eight PV modules of 110 W, one Isofoton charge regulator of
30 A, one sine wave inverter of 1,200 VA, and tubular batteries of 546
Ah. The European Union Ambassador Michael Laidler and the Director of
Renewable Energy from the South African Department of Minerals and
Energy Ms. Lisa Kosi attended the opening, among others. The remaining
999 systems should be installed by end of June.
Anne
Kreutzmann
© PHOTON
International, April 2000
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