The estates offering comprises of the following:

• Centrally Controlled System with Intelligent Energy Management.

• The individual homes kitted with Residential Solar Home System –  Photovoltaic (PV) and Lithium Battery Energy Storage System (ESS)

• Communal and Administrative Office Areas Kitted with  Photovoltaic (PV) and Lithium Battery Energy Storage System (ESS)

• Central Energy Storage System (ESS)

All the system combine together to form mini-grid – aka, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP). The VPP Plant  supplying Uninterruptible Power to all Estate Homes and the Communal and Administrative Office Areas, with the potential to Export the surplus to the Eskom Grid. 

Goal / Objective

• Estate To Achieve Full or Partial Energy Independence

• Generate revenue to offset Estate Levies by Exporting to Eskom Grid, and through other mechanisms
  

• Own the Asset within 12 Years or Earlier

• Gain Flagship Green Energy Credentials

Benefits

• Estate Assets Capital Value Gain

• Protection against Price hikes and electricity outages

• Lower electricity bills  / Lowered Levies

• Preserving the environment for future generations 
  

• Estate and Society’s Appeal Enhanced