South African rocket scientist Andre Nel has been shortlisted as a finalist in the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.
Nel invented a hybrid, solar microgrid solution, the GreenTower Microgrid, which uses 90% less energy to heat water.
Only one-third of Africans have access to grid-connected electricity and heating water accounts for the majority of electricity costs in homes and offices.
A single unit of the GreenTower Microgrid packaged in insulated recycled shipping containers can service 15 homes, and reduce a community's electricity demand by 65%, considerably easing the pressure on the national power grid.
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Nel invented a hybrid, solar microgrid solution, the GreenTower Microgrid, which uses 90% less energy to heat water.
Only one-third of Africans have access to grid-connected electricity and heating water accounts for the majority of electricity costs in homes and offices.
A single unit of the GreenTower Microgrid packaged in insulated recycled shipping containers can service 15 homes, and reduce a community's electricity demand by 65%, considerably easing the pressure on the national power grid.
Read more.......
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