How to build

Battery Based System with one day

My Power Station Technology (Pty) Ltd start year 2009

David Lipschitz
Last Updated 24th June 2019

Scale 1 house 1 block 10 blocks

months to build 120 12 6
years since start (2009) 10 11 11.5
current year 2019 2020 2020.5
houses being installed 1 10 100
Total Houses 1 10 110
peak demand kW (inverter size) 8 72 648
Days Per House (for team) 3,650 37 2
Houses Per Week for a team 4
Houses Per Month 17
Teams Required 6
People per team 6 3 3
Total People Required in teams 6 3 18

kw PV 6 60 600
one house cost 650,000 200,000 180,000
project cost 650,000 2,000,000 18,000,000
cost per watt 108.33 33.33 30.00

Total Peak Demand (kW Available) 8 68 668

Total PV Installed (kW) 6 66 666
Total PV Installed (MW) 0.01 0.07 0.67
Total PV Installed (GW) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total PV Installed (TW) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total Battery Installed (kWh of available energy) 15 135 1,215

Notes:
A working week is 4 days to allow for holidays, leave, etc
Besides the people required for the teams, we'll also need team managers, procurement people, stakeholders, etc
In 2024 to 2025, I have left the Scale as "South Africa" because IMHO, South Africa needs 200 GW to be able to beneficiat
 How to build a new utility, embedded inside the existing utility
Battery Based System with one day of battery backup and LPG Gas Engine (Generator) to backup the battery

one suburb 10 suburbs 1 town 1 city Western Cape

6 6 6 6 6
12 12.5 13 13.5 14
2021 2021.5 2022 2022.5 2023
1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
1,110 11,110 111,110 1,111,110 2,111,110
5,832 52,488 472,392 4,251,528 3,826,375
2 2 2 2 2
4 4 4 4 4
17 17 17 17 17
58 577 5,769 57,693 57,693
3 3 3 3 3
174 1,731 17,307 173,079 173,079

6,000 60,000 600,000 6,000,000 12,000,000

162,000 145,800 131,220 118,098 106,288
162,000,000 1,458,000,000 13,122,000,000 118,098,000,000 106,288,200,000
27.00 24.30 21.87 19.68 8.86

6,668 66,668 666,668 6,666,668 18,666,668

6,666 66,666 666,666 6,666,666 18,666,666
6.67 66.67 666.67 6,666.67 18,666.67
0.01 0.07 0.67 6.67 18.67
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02
10,935 98,415 885,735 7,971,615 7,174,454

ent people, stakeholders, etc

eds 200 GW to be able to beneficiate all its metals itself
ckup the battery
Total Investment till 2025 USD 35,507,591,114 35 billion US$
Total Investment till 2025 R 568,121,457,820 568 billion Rand
Total PV Installed (MegaWatts) 192,667
Total Battery Backup (kWh available) 4,707,159

Cape Provinces South Africa South Africa South Africa

6 6 6 6
14.5 15 15.5 16
2023.5 2024 2024.5 2025
1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
3,111,110 4,111,110 5,111,110 6,111,110
3,443,738 3,099,364 2,789,428 2,510,485
2 2 2 2
4 4 4 4
17 17 17 17
57,693 57,693 57,693 57,693
3 3 3 3
173,079 173,079 173,079 173,079

18,000,000 30,000,000 48,000,000 78,000,000

95,659 86,093 77,484 69,736
95,659,380,000 86,093,442,000 77,484,097,800 69,735,688,020
5.31 2.87 1.61 0.89

36,666,668 66,666,668 114,666,668 192,666,668

36,666,666 66,666,666 114,666,666 192,666,666
36,666.67 66,666.67 114,666.67 192,666.67
36.67 66.67 114.67 192.67
0.04 0.07 0.11 0.19
6,457,008 5,811,307 5,230,177 4,707,159
Total Invested
568,121,457,820
Note: R588 billion is
1/4 of the South African
government's estimate
for how much
generation is
required using coal,
nuclear, gas, hydro