Solar power enables companies to become less dependent on ever-increasing utility prices. Solar can power any three phase load in farms, factories and the like, including irrigation pumps, cold stores, bottle molding machines, etc. In these cases the solar offsets grid electricity, realising direct savings on the utility bill. Solar power can feed in directly into the company grid.
The optional energy management system ensures:
- stability of the electrical company grid;
- prevention of feeding back solar power into the national grid;
- optimal integration of backup generators into company grid;
- online and real-time insight into solar energy production.
With the current turn-key installation prices and KPLC unit price, an industrial-scale solar system may prove to have a simple payback of 3 to 4 years. With the guaranteed warranty on solar modules of 30 years (!) this means >25 years of free energy!
The following companies benefit from up to 30% savings on their electricity bill:
Fontana – 4 farms have been equipped with 1 MWp ground-mounted solar systems, based on JASolar modules and Fronius solar inverters
120 kWp Fontana Turi, office location
40 kWp Fontana Turi farm, near dam
60 kWp Mau Narok Fontana farm, near the gate
120 kWp Fontana Mau Narok, near office
60 kWp at Mau Narok farm, near dam
120 kWp Fontana Big Flowers, Timau, near the dam
138 kWp solar system for Fontana rose farm in Njoro, Nakuru
220 kWp solar system saving 30% on electricity cost for a rose farm in Naivasha
23 kWp for warehouse and offices in Nairobi
60 kWp solar system for farm, food-processing, Timau
48 kWp solar system for farm built on a cold-store, Juja
23 kWp solar system for an office complex, Nairobi
83 kWp solar system for an office complex, Wilson Airport, Nairobi
40 kWp solar system for rose farm, Naivasha
505 kWp grid-connected solar system for a large warehouse, Tatu City
80 kWp free standing solar system for Kisima rose farm, Timau
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