Bitterwasser orders PV plant and reduces its carbon footprint

Namibia obtains most of its electricity from South Africa. There, mainly hard coal power plants are in operation, because South Africa can extract hard coal in opencast mining.
Now the exhaust gases of the South African hard coal power plants are not as well cleaned as in Germany. Therefore it is important to do without this electricity.

Bitterwasser has now ordered two large photovoltaic plants. One plant 57 kWp for the lodge and one plant 25 kWp for the adjacent village.
With so much sun as in Namibia, where else should photovoltaics be worthwhile?
If everything works out, the plants will be ready for operation before the coming season.

The picture is a system picture. This is how the systems are built.

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Bitterwasser team: our workshop

Introducing our team: Thomas, our experienced workshop employee, is passionately supporting the glider pilots in our workshop since this season. With 34 years of professional experience at Schempp-Hirth, he has extensive knowledge and is a valuable help in the assembly and for small repairs to our gliders.

Another all-round successful day!

Yesterday, many of our pilots flew 1000 km in perfect conditions and returned just in time for sunset. The evening was rounded off with a traditional barbecue and delicious food from our chef Lize van der Merve.