Mike Barker 🇿🇦
local-energy.bsky.social
Mike Barker 🇿🇦
@local-energy.bsky.social
Energy Engineer 🇿🇦
IEEE-PES.org , CIBSE, SAIEE.org.za, IBPSA.org
www.linkedin.com/in/mikebarker/
And so Co-ops for emerging Farmers must roll out the #StokvelMicroGrid by the thousands
July 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The All-Electric Farm is on the horizon 🙂
June 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
‪#LCOE - we live and die by this simple yet overly-manipulated metric 😀 If LCOE did include all costs, then #RoofTopSolar would be king !
(Why ? because there is no "delivery" costs to get those rooftop green electrons to your door)
June 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ndivile Mokoena and her Team should consider the #StokvelMicroGrid 🙂
June 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Our Young Lions - and Lionesses - need to start learning now how to repair and maintain EVs
( and Chinese EVs at that 🙂 )
June 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Why should us 60million South Africans be the competition ? The Electrical Grid belongs to us, and we trust #ESKOM to run it fairly and properly on our behalf. -
@ESKOM
, please correct this asap🙂 ( We are all good grid citizens & we all seek beneficial coexistence with our grid
June 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Reposted by Mike Barker 🇿🇦
To an extent, the piece aligns with an income poverty matter we raised here: wandilesihlobo.com/2025/05/09/f...
Food insecurity in South Africa
South Africa has some contradictions. We are a leading agricultural exporter in Africa, yet many households are food insecure. Without proper policy engagement on this challenge, the sector risks more...
wandilesihlobo.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The world is changing for sure, but we are all in this together, connected to the lifeline of our little national grid - and so we all need equal and fair access.
- It's not a case of us and them ! We are resilient and strong as a community, as a country
June 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
We all have a constitutional right to self-generate for self-consumption, and then also to buy & sell our green electrons over our national grid.
- Think of the grid as a market place - fair and equal access to all
June 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Please consider this LinkedIN Group for Horticulturalists, Agronomists, Engineers, Building Physicists, & Agriculturalists.
- Greenhouse Design ( Controlled Environment Agriculture )
www.linkedin.com/groups/12090...
>1400 members
- Greenhouse Design is the apex multi-disciplinary endeavour !
June 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM