“Mondi said particular pressure was being felt on electricity prices in South Africa, which continued to increase at levels well above inflation. Various initiatives to reduce its dependence on buying energy and using energy more efficiently were being undertaken in South Africa and at the group’s European operations.

” ‘The business continues to focus on operational efficiencies and improvement opportunities, with a strong emphasis being placed on energy efficiency and self-generating capacity,’ Hathorn said.

“ ‘The focus of these projects is to improve energy efficiency and self-sufficiency, while providing opportunities to capture additional benefits in the form of electricity sales.’

“The approved projects were expected to generate significant benefits with returns of more than 40% from 2013 onwards. ”

From Wikipedia:

“Mondi is an international paper and packaging company employing over 30,000 people with operations across more than 30 countries, predominantly in Central Europe, Russia and South Africa. Revenue was about R70 billion in 2010.”

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Client has added another 2 batteries in parallel for a total of 1125 AH at 24 Volts.

Client has replaced the 1.2 KW Victron with 2 x 1.6 KW Victrons in parallel giving 3.2 KW and also considering that this is a remote site, if one Victron fails, the other continues working.

Client is considering adding a 3rd 1.6 KW Victron.