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Doornkraal Agri is a father and son team that have a focus on perfection when it comes to producing the best fruit and vegetables in the Western Cape’s Ceres Valley. Established in the Witzenberg valley in 1990, Alexander & George Gibson built their farms into a world-class Agri Enterprise. They have since added export class packing and cold storage facilities that ensures that all fruit packed at Doornkraal Agri reach the consumer as fresh as the moment it was picked. In order to reduce their OPEX and establish a more secure and sustained energy approach, a phased approach was proposed for them. The first phase will be a 506.88kWp rooftop system with diesel generator integration and soft load transfer operation. The system’s focus is to reduce the electrical bill by utilising the available sun energy and combat production interruptions and loss caused by load shedding.

A shopping mall situated in Mpumalanga, South Africa, the site required a renewable energy system to reduce grid consumption and carbon emissions during the daytime. NSE provided a full EPC/development service implementing a complete grid-tied solar solution. The site now supplements 24% of it’s total demand through solar with an ongoing O&M contract ensuring continuous system performance and optimization.

This system was designed and constructed to generate renewable power by harnessing solar energy and converting it to AC power. The 266kWp grid-tied solar plant is comprised of 768 panels mounted to a Pakhuis roof as well as 39 panels mounted on the Padstal roof. The renewable energy system saves the client 50-55% on their electricity bill and reduces their reliance on the national utility grid.

Situated in the Cederberg Wilderness, Cederberg Wines fall within the worlds six floral kingdoms and produce award-winning South African wines from the highest lying vineyards. Boasting a cellar that has rapidly leapt to prominence in the South African wine industry, the farm opted for a photo-voltaic solar energy system to reduce their electrical bill. With a production of about 50% of their energy coming from the sun, this grid-tied rooftop solar system is both saving them on OPEX and reducing their carbon footprint.

Gondwana is a luxury game reserve located in the picturesque South African Garden Route, which offers a diverse selection of luxury safari lodge accommodation from romantic private suites to private villa rentals – perfect for families. The property provides an un-spoilt habitat for the big 5 and various wildlife species.

As a long-time distributor of hot, freshly baked bread to the retail trade, Goosebumps responded to the increased demand for their products with a centralised production facility. The innovative facility allowed them to process products to a point before freezing them and distributing them to customers. Their manufacturing facility today ensures the efficient production of high-quality baked goods to more than 3000 bakers countrywide. Using state of the art equipment, their modern production processes are powered by a grid-tied PV solar energy system. The system that New Southern Energy provided them helps reduce their electrical bill by utilising the available solar energy.

In order to reduce the municipal electrical bill and reliance on the grid, a grid-tied PV solar energy system was implemented for this farm. In addition to reducing the municipal demand, the system was sized for maximum energy consumption offset and is split in to two locations on the farm.

A luxury Lodge situated in the Chobe National Park, Botswana. The site required a completely off grid renewable energy system as there is no grid connectivity in the area. Primary purpose of the installation was to reduce generator diesel consumption and carbon emissions, as previously this site ran on generators only. The remote location adds to logistical challenges of maintaining constant diesel supply.  N.S.E. provided a full EPC/development service implementing complete microgrid and solar thermal solutions, alongside a full AC reticulation across the site. The project included Solar PV, generators, batteries, AC reticulation, and a centralized solar thermal plant with reticulation.  The site now supplements +95 % of its total demand through solar and solar thermal, with an ongoing O&M contract ensuring continuous system performance and optimization.

A luxury Lodge situated in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. The site required a completely off grid renewable energy system as there is no grid connectivity in the area. Primary purpose of the installation was to reduce generator diesel consumption and carbon emissions, as previously this site ran on generators only. The remote location adds to logistical challenges of maintaining constant diesel supply. N.S.E. provided a full EPC/development service implementing complete microgrid and solar thermal solutions. The project included Solar PV, generators, batteries, and centralized solar thermal plant with reticulation. The site now supplements +80 % of it’s total demand through solar and solar thermal with an ongoing O&M contract ensuring continuous system performance and optimization.

Salene Manganese run a mining operation in South Africa. An off-grid photo-voltaic solar energy system with an integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) was designed for this facility. The combined use of BESS with solar for this off-grid system provides energy security and supplies power to a new processing plant that was recently redeveloped.