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On Track Alternative Power has recently installed the largest solar installation in Southern Africa. The installation in Botswana was done for the prestigious Zarafa Game Lodge and is situated in the Okavango delta in the heart of Botswana. There is no electricity supply there and the guest are flown into the camp.

Zarafa camp was voted as one of the top international Eco-Friendly camps in the world by National Geographic.

The main challenge was that this camp, being rated as one of the most luxurious camps in the world is, therefore, extremely power hungry.  Apart from all the usual luxuries such as trendy and efficient lighting systems, it also boasts a very large, above ground sewage plant with electric motors, added to this there is a walk in cool room plus several deep freezers, large washing machines, electric irons etc.

The camp’s power requirements were substantial and varied:

• Running of large appliances such as dish washers, tumble dryers as well as fridges and freezers.
• Powering a sewage plant with 16 motors, a walk-in cool room as well as a borehole pump.
• In each room power is needed for lights and fans, pool pumps and walkway lights.

This camp was planned to have an exceptionally  high standard of luxury and had to be designed to offer all of the facilities with no carbon foot print at all.

This installation has the following unique features:

• It is the first time that this type of system has ever been installed on such a large scale
• The entire camp runs on solar power
• There is no noise from generators
• There are no diesel fumes and harmful emissions have been eliminated
• The sun charges the batteries via solar panels and regulators during the day
• Victron inverters run the camp converting battery power into clean AC power 24 hours per day

The system is well power-managed so that not everything runs at one time.

The system was put together by Corrie van Wyk and his team of engineers at On Track Alternative Power Pty (LTD).   The design took 3 weeks and structural construction 4 weeks.  The electrical installation took a further 3 weeks.

The system is fully automated and runs itself. It is designed to harvest as much solar power as possible every day, to charge the batteries, allowing the system to run off stored power at night. There is an emergency generator as a backup system only – in case of several days of bad weather.

The concept system was designed to answer to the burgeoning price of fuel and the ever growing demand on all consumers to reduce carbon emissions. This project was a natural fit with the whole idea of a game farm being for tourists to relax and enjoy wild animals in their natural environment without the noise and pollution associated with traditional off-network power generators.

“We firmly believe that by achieving this first it is a major breakthrough for environmental awareness and true eco-tourism” says Corrie van Wyk.

It is thanks to the owners of the camp for the valuable time and effort they put into this project to make it happen. They are to be congratulated on this major achievement and for the tremendous effort in helping to preserve the environment.

Quote from on site engineer Bryn Reeves “It was an absolute pleasure to install the system in such a remote area.  It amazed everybody that you can run the whole camp without running the generator. It is truly a major breakthrough in technology.”

Office power failure solution

The New Year started with blackouts and power failures were a regular occurrence.
We decided to design a neat professional looking battery cabinet that could be easily installed in a home or office and provide reliable backup power.

WE produced the backup power cabinet.

Business Use.  Movable-Fixed.
Backup power for
•    Computers
•    File servers
•    Printers
•    PABX and fax
•    Networks

Secure your data and more. More information here

Power Backup system for:

• 15 computers
• 1 network printer
• Fax machine
• PABX and alarm system.
• 3 KVA with 4-6 hours of backup time.
• Seamless switchover between mains and batteries.
• Installed May 2006 and has no service problems what soever.
• Reliability and Piece of mind.

Water is pumped every day from the ground via batteries and Victron Inverters supplied by us

Designed by Corrie Van Wyk and Bryn Reeves from On Track Alternative Power.

This is a battery based system that works as follows:

The Generator charges the batteries via Victron Multiplus during the day for 8 hours only
The Inverters convert battery power to 220 Volt and also 3 phase power to drive the water pumps.
Water pumps 24 hours per day every day 160 000 litres of water per day.

Some water is for human consumption and is pumped into tanks.
The 3 phase inverters run the pumps for 16 hours a day from batteries.
This goes on every day year in year out 365 days per year.

This installation is supported by the WWF for working with nature.

The system helps the animals and ensures there is enough water for them to drink every day and of course its right in front of the Game farm View site.
The guests at the game lodge can watch the animals drink water every day and is a major attraction.

The drinking hole is on a river bed and if the water hole dried up the animals would become very stressed especially the elephants during the dry season.

We help the Game Farm save Diesel and we have reduced the carbon emission by more than 50 %.  This is better for the environment and this si what we are passionate about.