Automotive giant Hyundai says its head office in Bedfordview and dealerships across Gauteng now run on solar power a move it hopes will help the company tackle load shedding.
At the head office, more than 240 solar panels have been fitted on the roof of the building, delivering 110 kW on a typical spring sunshine day.
“Due to the frequency of power interruptions brought about by load shedding and the cost of running diesel-burning generators, we investigated the benefits of installing solar power,” said Stanley Anderson, sales and operations director at Hyundai Automotive SA.
“Another aim of this project is to run our operations on clean power as far as possible, which fits in with one of the core values of our brand,” he adds.
With the solar project, Hyundai also hoped to cut on electricity cost and to run operations on clean power as far as possible,…
Hyundai boasts of solar energy at headoffice, dealerships
