The insurance industry as a solar water heater driver in the commercial and domestic markets in South Africa
Date
2010-08
Authors
Kritzinger, K.
Sebitosi, A. B.
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Abstract
South Africa faces severe electricity shortages. Most
of the electricity generated is from coal, which
contributes to climate change. Additionally a large
amount of this power is lost through long distances of
aging transmission lines.
Water heating is a major consumer of electricity.
Solar Water Heaters (SWH) can alleviate these
problems but has a low penetration in South Africa.
Many water heaters installed annually in South Africa
are replacements of failed water heaters and most of
these are replaced via the insurance industry.
This paper makes an argument that the insurance
industry can exploit this opportunity to introduce
SWHs when a water heater must be replaced and help
to jump start the SHW uptake.
Description
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy 10-12 August 2010, Newlands, Cape Town.
Keywords
Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy (ICUE), Solar water heaters (SWH), Electricity shortages, Solar power
Citation
K. Kritzinger, & Sebitosi, A. B. 2010. The insurance industry as a solar water heater driver in the commercial and domestic markets in South Africa, presented at the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy 10-12 August 2010, Cape Town, 173-177.