SA saved 420 MW during Earth Hour – says ESKOM
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010According to Eskom the country saved 420 MW on that one Saturday evening due to the Earth Hour initiative.
The initiative contributed to the saving of 400 t of carbon dioxide, 224 t of coal and 576 000 litres of water, owing to the power stations not needing to generate the 400 MW of power. Apparently on average our lights consume about 10% of household electricity, whereas geysers use as much as 40% of the total electricity bill. “Imagine if we all switched off our geysers as well on that day. What if we could all harness that kind of excitement and use energy wisely every day of the year, with our SolarGeyser systems you can, read more here SolarGeysers
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