Sparks Electrical News April 2024

SOLAR & STORAGE SPECIAL

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Solar & Storage Live 2024: A success story H eld towards the end of March 2024, the Solar & Storage Live South Africa expo took place at Gallagher Estate & Convention Centre in

Midrand, Johannesburg. With over 500 exhibitors both local and international, 200 guest speakers, and 20 000 attendees, the expo has been hailed as a success as new products and technologies were on display for distributors and guests. Among the experts giving talks, lectures and demonstrations were Ana Hajduka, founder and CEO of Africa GreenCo in the United Kingdom, Zoe Aspara Nambahu, Chief Legal Advisor, Compliance and Company Secretary for Nampower in Namibia, and Amith Singh, Head of Energy Finance for local financial institution Nedbank. Local distributors and manufacturers put on an incredible display, starting with Rubicon’s huge stand complete with electric vehicle charging system. Electronic vehicles are gaining momentum across the country, with more and more EV charging ports popping up. The Cape Town expo in August was recently announced, but here is a look at some of the stands at Solar & Storage Live 2024 Joburg and the services, products and technology heading to South African consumers during the year…

Solar photovoltaic panels had a strong showing, with new monocrystalline technology and new tracking systems on display.

Enclosure specialist Allbro had some of its industry-leading products on show.

Monocrystalline solar panels are the new ‘it’ product in the solar world.

HellermannTyton’s display focussed on securing tools used to stabilise PV systems.

ARB had one of the smallest micro-inverters at its display.

ACDC Dynamics had its range of brand-new SupaSol inverters and batteries taking centre stage at its stand – read more about the exciting brand on page 3.

Tool and equipment distributor Comtest had the latest products from Fluke on show.

Portable power supplies are becoming more transportable – power

Battery expert Revov had some interesting storage and battery products on show, including a multi-tiered rack to increase storage capacity.

stations now come on wheels for easy manoeuvrability.

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