My country (South Africa) has experienced quite an …

by Rob on May 20, 2013

Comment posted Solar Technology in the Streets by Andre.

My country (South Africa) has experienced quite an energy crisis recently. Since then we have also started implementing a lot of solar power devices.

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1 Christina February 25, 2008 at 6:06 am

I wanted to share this with you as well. For quite a few years now, Citizin has marketed a watch called Eco Drive. The face of the watch is a solar panel which absorbs light which it stores in the cell which operates the watch. No batteries. It has become increasingly popular as years go by.

http://www.citizenwatch.com/COC/English/intro5.asp

2 Christina February 25, 2008 at 6:07 am

I wanted to share this with you as well. For quite a few years now, Citizen has marketed a watch called Eco Drive. The face of the watch is a solar panel which absorbs light which it stores in the cell which operates the watch. No batteries. It has become increasingly popular as years go by.

http://www.citizenwatch.com/COC/English/intro5.asp

3 thomas C gray February 25, 2008 at 7:11 am

Your idea of “free” electricty is quite a large lie. Let’s see you produce solar electricity for under 15 cents per kilowatt hour, or twice what the grid charges me. You’d better stop lying.

4 Scott February 25, 2008 at 2:42 pm

Cheers Christina, that looks great. I’ll see if I can track down one here.

Thomas, I’m sorry you’re being overcharged. However, I suspect you’re confusing the production costs with the final retail value you see on the bill.

5 Andre February 27, 2008 at 12:37 am

My country (South Africa) has experienced quite an energy crisis recently. Since then we have also started implementing a lot of solar power devices.

6 Scott February 27, 2008 at 1:00 am

Andre, that’s great to hear (the solar devices, not the energy crisis). Hope we see many more in the next few years.