The need for solar power as load shedding cripples small businesses in South Africa

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My Sunday afternoon visit to the barber was an unusual one due to load shedding. Load shedding in South Africa refers to planned rotational power interruption when demand for electricity exceeds supply. Load shedding is frequent in winter due to high electricity usage for heating etc.

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The past week looks more like today's screenshot below.
With the schedules one has to plan accordingly, get things needing electricity done before power cut. For me it's all about having my phone and laptop fully charged to last for two hours.

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For businesses and especially the small businesses, working around the load shedding is almost impossible. The schedule for my area was different to the one of my barber, upon getting to the salon, there was no power, so I had my beard trimmed with rechargeable machine.

The chat with him was why not fuel the generator for electricity and he responded that's more like spending the day's earning on fuel and go home with nothing at the end of the day, I tried asking how much he earns on average daily but that didn't get me anywhere as he wasn't keen on disclosing which is quite understandable.

Thereon, I could relate to the impact load shedding is having on him and small businesses out there in an economy where things are far from good.

Solar power, the solution but again how many are able to afford solar installation? For the bigger companies installing solar power once-off and get over it will pay off in the long term and especially if companies are able to completely go off the grid.
This is practically not an option for the likes of my barber, after attending to me, he closed shop and went to a client's house to provide in-house service.

You just then wonder how does small business survive load shedding in SA?

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Energy is a big issue, and even the environment has to be considered in the end.
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True and I see the load shedding over here getting worse unless something is done to curb it.

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This is what most face daily in Nigeria. Since the rains started, light and network has been 10 times worse. Whether it’s on purpose or not we don’t even know. Elections are coming so these people can be on worst behavior as most are paying attention on elections. Now add all these to fuel scarcity so even if you have generator, to get fuel will be another problem. It’s crazy

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The issue with Nigeria is on the next level, at least over here the power cut is scheduled and you can get notified through Apps, 9ja my experience back then NEPA will just cut off electricity till whenever they're happy to restore it 😀
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Solar is nice but the prices just can't beat gas. At the same time, I believe the waste has some recyclable issues as well

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It is really extensive to have a solar system running, it does pay off in the long run bit the initial installation cost just isn't affordable for most.

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