UV Botswana is a 100% export-driven manufacturing business established in 2009 to design and manufacture specialist underground utility vehicles for the mining and quarrying industry.They export their equipment to international clients around the
globe.
REPORTABLE PROJECT IMPACT
- The Rooftop solar plant will provide an annual production of 102,672 kWh per annum.
- This will displace 2,328,561.79kg of carbon dioxide over the lifetime of the technology.
- Estimated savings of $205,344 (P2,828,428.79) per annum of Imported energy.
- Optimized to export at least 10,267 kWh of clean energy to the grid per annum.
- Expected to have a return on investment of 5 years.
- The project has been accepted into the BPC/Power Africa Rooftop
Their purpose-built factory is equipped with the latest state- of the-art computer-controlled equipment, to support their growing order book. Energy costs are one of the largest OPEX costs and the need to have energy security to keep the factory efficient they decided to introduce Solar PV into their energy mix. Sustainable Energy Botswana was selected as their EPC company, to design, install and provide operation and maintenance services. SEB also assisted and successfully secured the system into the Roof Top Solar program.