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Off-grid solar power is spreading across Brazil’s Amazon, helping remote communities prepare for severe drought while replacing costly, polluting diesel generators. In Nova Sociedade, where residents walked up to 20 kilometers for water during the historic 2024 drought, solar panels now power pumps supplying clean water to 36 families.... show more

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كن أنت.لتقرأ العالم من حولك.3 days ago

While off-grid solar successfully builds climate resilience in remote Amazonian communities, how can scaling decentralised renewable energy be financed and governed equitably without reinforcing infrastructural dependency?

Debra. #ForTheKids❤ All Are Created Equal 🧡3 days ago

Hurray for off grid Solar 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Uncle Adi3 days ago

Solar power sucks and is unreliable. Trust President Trump. He will bring us new energy sources that will take Humanity to the Future. Trust the Plan. Nothing can stop what is coming. President Trump shall be recorded in History as literally the Savior of Humanity. #ChristIsKing

Fuelmeup3 days ago

Sometimes satire can't compete. Panels beat the cost of boating diesel up the Arapiuns, Nova Sociedade's only lifeline through a protected zone. Every drop of generator fuel came by river until now. Solar runs schools and clinics there too. Fitting twist: hydropower gives Brazil the G20's greenest grid, yet its river dwellers were stuck last on the list.

Lucyy Sky🐥3 days ago

the 20km walk for water detail is what got me. solar is the easy win here its the logistics of getting it to every remote village that needs it

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Danielle Fong 🔆

18,097 views • 2 months ago

This is a repeat post after many people asked for details again. A solar expert reached out privately and advised me to remove the electric geysers from my main solar system. He said the solar batteries were doing too many cycles because they were powering the geysers, and that this would shorten their lifespan. His advice was that I should remove the geysers from the battery load if I wanted the batteries to last the full period they are built for. I took that advice seriously. I then asked my plumber, Shanil +27 (76) 890-5582, who owns Metro Plumbers, to guide me on where to get high-quality solar geysers in Johannesburg so that I could replace the electric ones. Shanil told me about a technology called the Elon Smart Water system. He explained that it is much cheaper than buying completely new solar geysers. Instead of replacing the electric geyser, you simply fit the Elon unit, which comes with its own solar panels, onto your existing electric geyser. That is what I did. I have removed all four electric geysers from the home solar system. Each of them was converted using the Elon Smart Water technology. They are now powered by their own dedicated solar panels. The four geysers are running on a total of thirteen panels. So what this means is that I rarely use City Power, because in the past, when it was cloudy for three or four days, I would return to the grid to assist the batteries. This was happening because the batteries were carrying a heavy load that included four geysers. If I had gone for top quality geysers that are exclusively solar, I would have paid between R25,000 and R30,000 per geyser. That would have come to around R120,000 for four geysers. Of course, there are cheaper solar geysers available, but they are cheaper for a reason. So, in essence, I saved half the amount I would have paid for the geysers had I chosen top quality solar geysers. If you are in Johannesburg and interested, Shanil's number is +27 (76) 890-5582. He can do the work for you. The units and their panels cost R60,000 for four geysers from Plumbing Supplies Sanitaryware Centre in Woodmead. I have had the system in place for ten months now, and it is working very well. I deliberately allowed all the geysers to continue heating so that I could test whether everything was functioning correctly, and the water is as hot as it should be. So that is the story. I thought I should share it with those who might want to reduce their bills since folks keep inboxing for details from the original post. P/S The other interesting feature of this system is that I can control it from my phone. If it is very cloudy and the water is not as hot as I want it to be, I can simply go onto the app and instruct that particular geyser to draw from the grid. Unlike my previous setup, where I had to switch the whole home solar system onto the grid, each individual geyser can now independently switch to grid power and heat the water to a temperature I have set. Once the water reaches that set temperature, it automatically disconnects. I have only done this once in ten months, when I had a house full of guests. Out of the four geysers, if one is in a bedroom that is not being used, I can switch it off completely from my phone so that it is not heating water unnecessarily. This gives you control, flexibility, and saves a great deal of money in the long run. You can read more about this technology here: Once again, the fitter is Shanil and his telephone number is +27 (76) 890-5582. You can buy the equipment from Plumbing Supplies Sanitaryware Centre in Woodmead.

This is a repeat post after many people asked for details again. A solar expert reached out privately and advised me to remove the electric geysers from my main solar system. He said the solar batteries were doing too many cycles because they were powering the geysers, and that this would shorten their lifespan. His advice was that I should remove the geysers from the battery load if I wanted the batteries to last the full period they are built for. I took that advice seriously. I then asked my plumber, Shanil +27 (76) 890-5582, who owns Metro Plumbers, to guide me on where to get high-quality solar geysers in Johannesburg so that I could replace the electric ones. Shanil told me about a technology called the Elon Smart Water system. He explained that it is much cheaper than buying completely new solar geysers. Instead of replacing the electric geyser, you simply fit the Elon unit, which comes with its own solar panels, onto your existing electric geyser. That is what I did. I have removed all four electric geysers from the home solar system. Each of them was converted using the Elon Smart Water technology. They are now powered by their own dedicated solar panels. The four geysers are running on a total of thirteen panels. So what this means is that I rarely use City Power, because in the past, when it was cloudy for three or four days, I would return to the grid to assist the batteries. This was happening because the batteries were carrying a heavy load that included four geysers. If I had gone for top quality geysers that are exclusively solar, I would have paid between R25,000 and R30,000 per geyser. That would have come to around R120,000 for four geysers. Of course, there are cheaper solar geysers available, but they are cheaper for a reason. So, in essence, I saved half the amount I would have paid for the geysers had I chosen top quality solar geysers. If you are in Johannesburg and interested, Shanil's number is +27 (76) 890-5582. He can do the work for you. The units and their panels cost R60,000 for four geysers from Plumbing Supplies Sanitaryware Centre in Woodmead. I have had the system in place for ten months now, and it is working very well. I deliberately allowed all the geysers to continue heating so that I could test whether everything was functioning correctly, and the water is as hot as it should be. So that is the story. I thought I should share it with those who might want to reduce their bills since folks keep inboxing for details from the original post. P/S The other interesting feature of this system is that I can control it from my phone. If it is very cloudy and the water is not as hot as I want it to be, I can simply go onto the app and instruct that particular geyser to draw from the grid. Unlike my previous setup, where I had to switch the whole home solar system onto the grid, each individual geyser can now independently switch to grid power and heat the water to a temperature I have set. Once the water reaches that set temperature, it automatically disconnects. I have only done this once in ten months, when I had a house full of guests. Out of the four geysers, if one is in a bedroom that is not being used, I can switch it off completely from my phone so that it is not heating water unnecessarily. This gives you control, flexibility, and saves a great deal of money in the long run. You can read more about this technology here: Once again, the fitter is Shanil and his telephone number is +27 (76) 890-5582. You can buy the equipment from Plumbing Supplies Sanitaryware Centre in Woodmead.

Hopewell Chin’ono

33,450 views • 22 days ago