Once switched on the microgrid, powered by solar energy, will supply electricity to 500 nearby households. Meaning they will not be affected by loadshedding. It is believed that nearly a million people live in Alexandra, but City Power says the microgrid project is more of a blueprint than a real solution. City Power, Johannesburg’s power infrastructure company, says that it’s ongoing project to build a microgrid to service the residents of the Alexandra region is still on schedule.
Despite a few delays, the microgrid will be turned on by the end of March. This is according to Nocky Lipheko, City Power’s project leader for Micro-Grid Electrification, Grid Reliability and Expansion, and Energy Management, who said that the Alexandra project encountered a few issues early on in terms of material procurement and delivery.that the project should be complete by the end of the month and that the microgrid will be turned on by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, who seemingly never misses a photo o