Case studies

Commercial building in KZN

Lincoln on the Lake – Office Building in Umhlanga Durban

Kilowatt Roof Top

Project Overview

The project was conceived by a common interest and the desire for clean energy, in addition to saving energy and reducing demand on the national energy grid. GrowthPoint properties provided the building. Hudu did the design, engineering and turnkey solution for optimum performance output as well as the installation, Suntech provided the 234 Photovoltaic Solar Panels and Eskom contributed towards the funding of this project.

This project was the first of its kind in the Natal Province

System

• 44KWh which equates to 87000kwhs per annum
• 234 x Suntech PV panels
• 6 x inverters
• Online internet monitoring system  – real time data

Environmental Benefits

• Carbon savings 89,610kg CO2 per year
• Saving 240 Tress per year
• Taking 40 cars off the road each year

Partners

Commercial Building in JHB

AECI

The Company’s businesses include AEL Mining Services (AEL), a cluster of specialty chemicals business units, Heartland and SANS Technical Fibers.

hudu designed this sytem to allow the solar panels to charge the batteries continuously during the day. The load will run directly off the batteries. (Grid Interactive system)

Specifications

1)      Max capacity of 3.6KWh, operating at full load for two hours.

2)      4 x 330W Suntech light thru Solar modules

3)      Produce 2’312KWH AC power annually

4)      Consists of a monitoring system

5)      Battery Bank: 48V , 480AH

Residential property in JHB

Specifications

• Capacity 3.6KW/h
• 48Volt System
• 20 Photovoltaic panels
• Battery Pack

This system produces 6’482KWh AC power annually and 17,8 KWh per day, the sysetm allows for the user interface that monitors and controls the power source.

Oostvallei Retirement Village

Specifications

• Hybrid on grid system 480KW
• Suntech photovoltaic panel , there are 122 modules
• The inverter has an output capacity of 3.4KW
• Battery Pack

The Oostvallei Retirement Village has one hundred and twenty two flat roofed cottages on the Estate. The owner’s objective is to install solar photovoltaics on the 122 dwellings and to be self-sufficient in the electrical energy supply. Surplus energy will be sold to the Grid.