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Economical justifications of investing in Solar Hot Water systems
Homeowners can make considerable savings on their electricity bill by using a solar hot water system. Research indicates that 50 - 80% of all household electricity bills are consumed by water heating in South Africa. Depending on the selected system you can therefore reduce your electricity bill substantially. Within a few years you will be able to recover the costs of your initial investment through the monthly savings. From then onwards your hot water will be for free.
Economical benefits of investing in solar electricity:
Solar Electricity is not getting the necessary support yet in South Africa to make it competitive with other existing sources of power. For that reason it is not economic yet to invest in a system when you are living in an area where there is grid-electricity.
Solar electricity is however a reliable and affordable solution for small scale applications in remote areas in conjunction with other systems and the leisure market. You will not be dependent on an expensive diesel generator, which is highly fuel consuming and creates high costs in these days of rising global petrol prices.
Benefits to the environment of using solar energy:
According to the “Department of Environmental Affaires and Tourism, South Africa”, some 90 % of energy supplies in South Africa are from highly polluting resources with coal topping the list (70.8%) and oil as second (17,9 %).
Although South Africa produces only a small percentage (1,6%) of the total, global carbon dioxide emissions, it plays a disproportionately large role per person in contributing towards the greenhouse effect and global warming. Some negative effects of electricity generated from coal can already be observed in South Africa; air pollution and acid rain represent a cause of major concern in areas far from the source of pollution due to lack of cleaning equipment.
By choosing Solar Energy Systems you can help to increase the share of clean energy in both grid and off-grid areas and help to reduce global warming.
