"Wind-powered banking has taken off in Du Noon in the Western Cape, as green banking giant Nedbank launched Africa’s first partially wind-energy powered bank branch, with a price tag “under R200 000”.
The facility makes use of a locally developed Kestrel e300i 1kW turbine, which is expected to reduce Eskom power consumption in the branch by 35%, as it produces an average of 7,8 kWh of wind energy a day." More here, on Engineering News
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