Awesome "Phenomenal growth" in solar market

Eskom subsequently developed a demand-side management programme, propagating solar water heaters as a prime mechanism to conserve enery off the strained national grid.  The Eskom rebate programme was established, and a target set for the installation of one million solar water heaters by 2014.  "The  rationale was that such demand-side management could relieve up to 578 gigawatt hours of electricity from  the grid, the equivalent of building a 2,000 megaawatt power station, "said Goncalves.  "Furthermore solar water heaters are often used duringpeak times (early morning and evening), the precise time when strained power stations are struggling to proudce the required peak-time power, "he said. - Property24-