Community Project Ithemba Labantu

The 5Kwp photovoltaic system

The 5Kwp photovoltaic system installed

Maxx Energy is pround to be part of a project that helps the community centre Ihemba Labantu in Phillipi/Cape Town to save energy costs of up to 8.000 Rand per year. Initiator of the project was the german marketing agency KN-Marketing in Worms, which approached various companies in the solar industry and asked on behalf on community referent Otto Kohlstock for help. "The price for electricity was rising by more then 20% over the past two years and will continue to do so", told Otto Kohlstock the managing director of KN-Marketing, Klaus Neugebauer who approached maxx solar&energy in Germany and Bosch Solar in Germany. Both companies were immideately caught by the idea to sponsor a KWp system for the center, whereas KN-Marketing would provide the transport from Germany.

Dieter Ortman from Maxx Energy (Pty) Ltd, the subsidery of maxx solar&energy in Germany was very pleased that his company could contribute to this project."It is great to see that a proven technology like photovoltaic can help the people here in their daily work to help other people."   

The system - consisting of 20 Bosch Solar panels and two SMA inverters and installed by partner company Solarzone from Summerset West - will provide electricity for the small hospital, the soup kitchen that provides up to 200 people with a free meal per day and a workshop.

On April 15th 2011, Otto Kohlstock invited more than 150 people for the official launch of the system. It was a very nice celebration with performances of  a children choir and the Ithema Labantu choir. After the speeches all participants enjoyed some nice food and non-alcoholic drinks outside the church.

Over the next 25 years the solarpanels will produce about 200.000 Kwh of energy and save more than 180 tons of carbon emissions and makes the center partly independent from any energy price hiks that may come in the future.

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