{"id":185665,"date":"2026-11-11T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/?post_type=pubblicazione&#038;p=185665"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:12:08","slug":"when-the-sun-powers-homes-photovoltaics-transform-daily-life-in-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"pubblicazione","link":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/news\/quando-il-sole-accende-le-case-il-fotovoltaico-cambia-la-quotidianita-a-johannesburg\/","title":{"rendered":"When the sun powers homes: photovoltaics transform daily life in Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"185665\" class=\"elementor elementor-185665\" data-elementor-post-type=\"pubblicazione\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-450a29f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"450a29f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c30e788 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c30e788\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88d902d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88d902d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A light switched on, a refrigerator running, the possibility of cooking with electricity. Simple everyday actions that, in many parts of the world, still cannot be taken for granted.<\/p><p>In Johannesburg, South Africa, solar energy is providing a concrete response to this need. Through a program of photovoltaic microgrids combined with energy storage systems, some communities can access electricity even where connecting to the conventional grid is difficult. The initiative involves five informal settlements across the city. Two microgrids are already operational, while the others are at different stages of development. The systems combine solar generation and batteries, enabling electricity to be distributed to homes through dedicated infrastructure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db7a16 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6db7a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a11f082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a11f082\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container translation-block\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: <em>Polity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polity.org.za\/article\/johannesburg-tests-solar-microgrids-for-informal-settlements-2026-09-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJohannesburg tests solar microgrids for informal settlements\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08126b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08126b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43e704 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e43e704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The value of these projects goes far beyond technology. Access to electricity means improving household safety, making everyday activities easier and creating better living conditions for communities.<\/p><p>It is precisely this ability to create tangible change that makes photovoltaics such an important technology for Peimar. A solar module is not simply a tool for generating energy: it can become part of a solution capable of addressing real needs in very different places and situations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una lampadina accesa, un frigorifero in funzione, la possibilit\u00e0 di cucinare utilizzando l&#8217;elettricit\u00e0. Gesti semplici, che in molte parti del mondo non possono ancora essere dati per scontati. A Johannesburg, in Sudafrica, l&#8217;energia solare sta offrendo una risposta concreta a questa esigenza. Attraverso un programma di microreti fotovoltaiche abbinate a sistemi di accumulo, alcune comunit\u00e0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":185711,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoria-pubblicazioni":[],"class_list":["post-185665","pubblicazione","type-pubblicazione","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pubblicazione\/185665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pubblicazione"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pubblicazione"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pubblicazione\/185665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185670,"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pubblicazione\/185665\/revisions\/185670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria-pubblicazioni","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peimar.com\/ca-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-pubblicazioni?post=185665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}