Sun Exchange ditches crowdfunding for corporate funders
The local renewable energy firm, which started as a peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, says its original business model is no longer viable.
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The local renewable energy firm, which started as a peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, says its original business model is no longer viable.
Pretoria Boys High is thrilled that a crypto investor has used bitcoins to buy 98% of all solar cells for its solar project, valued at R2.8 million.
An alumnus of one of South Africa’s oldest schools has backed a crowdfunding campaign in a big way to hook the school up to solar power.
Sun Exchange (www.thesunexchange.com), the global solar leasing platform, and independent power producer, CVE South Africa (www.cvegroup.com) today announced that the French renewable energy leader has funded a large solar-plus-battery project that will provide clean power and load shedding relief to one of the oldest and largest technical high schools in South Africa.
As electricity increasingly becomes a scarce commodity, charities are now turning to funders to help keep the lights on.