{"id":49040,"date":"2023-07-21T06:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/sonkrag-gee-touwsrivier-hupstoot-20230719-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T06:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:01:05","slug":"sonkrag-gee-touwsrivier-hupstoot-20230719-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/sonkrag-gee-touwsrivier-hupstoot-20230719-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonkrag gee Touwsrivier hupstoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Touwsrivier, \u2019n verlate dorp sowat 40 km van De Doorns waar die nagevolge van werkloosheid en armoede hard teen die stilte van die Karoo skree, ervaar ietwat verligting noudat \u2019n sonkrag- en \u2019n hidroponiese plaas werksgeleenthede in di\u00e9 dorp skep.<\/p>\n

\n Die Pele Energy Group, \u2019n organisasie met verskeie projekte in Afrika, het \u2019n 35%- aandeel in \u2019n sonkragaanleg gekoop met die hulp van Investec, en met \u2019n verdere R5 miljoen se finansiering ook \u2019n hidroponiese-plaas gestig wat blaarslaai oes.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Hierdie projekte verskaf werk aan \u2019n groot groep Touwsrivier-inwoners en gee die 85% van inwoners wat voorheen geen inkomste ontvang het nie \u2019n finansi\u00eble hupstoot, volgens \u2019n Daily Maverick<\/span>-artikel van 11 Julie, geskryf deur Investec. <\/p>\n

\n Sonkragaanleg<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Die hernubare energie- onafhanklike kragprodusent-verkrygingsprogram se sonkragaanleg is reeds in 2011 ontwikkel en verskaf sedert 2015 krag aan Eskom. Dit is ook een van die grootse sonkragaanlegte in die w\u00eareld, aldus die artikel. <\/p>\n

Pele Green Energy is \u2019n tak van die Pele Energy Group wat armer gemeenskappe finansieel bystaan en toerus met werkskepping en aandele in die sonkragaanleg koop om onder meer werkskepping in Touwsrivier te bewerkstellig en is deur Investec gefinansier.<\/p>\n

Met 35% van die aandele in die sonkragaanleg beteken dit dat Pele Green Energy die aanleg verder kan ontwikkel en werkskepping in die dorp kan verhoog.<\/p>\n

Touwsrivier kommersi\u00eble hidroponika-plaas<\/h1>\n

\n Aangesien werk by die sonkragaanleg nie permanent is nie en n\u00e1 20 jaar minder personeel sal verg omdat die sonpanele nie streng gemonitor hoef te word nie, het Knowledge Pele vir Investec genader vir verdere finansiering van R5 miljoen om \u2019n hidroponiese-plaas tot stand te bring, berig Daily Maverick<\/span>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n Die projek, die Touwsrivier kommersi\u00eble hidroponika-plaas, het in 2021 ontstaan, volgens Margaret Arnold van Investec se ondernemings- en jeugontwikkelingsprogram.<\/p>\n

\u201cWerksgeleenthede vir mense in afgele\u00eb dorpe is baie min en vir die gemeenskap van Touwsrivier is dit ook so. Die meeste inwoners leef onder die broodlyn en daarom moet kommersi\u00eble bates gebruik word as katalisators vir ontwikkeling in sulke gemeenskappe,\u201d het Arnold verduidelik.<\/p>\n

\u201cAangesien Touwsrivier die tuiste van een van die grootste sonkrag CPV-aanlegte ter w\u00eareld is, het die geleentheid vir verdere belegging in die gemeenskap, en spesifiek die jeug, \u2019n geleentheid gebied om nie net volhoubare inisiatiewe in die dorp verder te fasiliteer nie, maar dit te gebruik om die jeug op te lei.\u201d<\/p>\n

Op die oomblik skep die plaas vir meer as 20 inwoners tussen die ouderdom van 18 en 35 jaar permanente werk.<\/p>\n

Volgens Arnold word die hidroponiese plaas gesamentlik besit deur Knowledge Pele en die Touwsrivier Solar Community Trust, met die gemeenskap wat 50% van die ekwiteit besit. <\/p>\n

\u201cHierdie struktuur gee \u2019n aansienlike maatskaplike opbrengs op belegging vir die gemeenskap, sowel as finansi\u00eble inkomste,\u201d het Arnold per e-pos ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n

Volgens Daily Maverick<\/span> produseer die plaas meer as 4 000 kg blaarslaai per maand met ooreenkomste met kleinhandelaars wat die blaarslaai aankoop.<\/p>\n

Daar is ook planne in die pyplyn om nog tonnels op te rig wat die produksie sal verdubbel en ook meer werk sal skep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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