Trendsetting Cape Town factory to dodge the sting of load-shedding as it switches to battery power
Swedish company Polarium, which produces sustainable energy storage solutions built on lithium-ion technology, has produced about 150,000 batteries within a year to power small homes and big corporations
07 April 2023 - 08:01
South African renewable energy producer Polarium says it is ready to start running its entire factory using self-generated battery power to stave off protracted bouts of load-shedding and lower the pressure on the national grid. ..
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