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July 2008
Cape Town Market purchases new 400kva Generator
The Cape Town Market has acquired
and installed a new 400kva generator. The acquisition is designed
to ensure that the market is self sufficient in the event of
electricity load shedding or failure. The new generator will be
used primarily to supply power to the administration buildings,
the main trading hall and the IT infrastructure which enables
sales to continue uninterrupted.
In conjunction with the new
generator the existing 800kva generator will be relocated to the
cold and ripening rooms. This will supply power to the 14 cold
rooms and 58 banana ripening rooms, which is the largest banana
ripening complex in the Western Cape. This will give confidence to
the number of cold room users which include producers, market
agents and buyers, as we are now able to maintain the cold chain
during electrical load shedding and/or power failure.
The 400kva generator has already
been commissioned and working well, while the 800kva generator at
the cold rooms will be commissioned later this year.
Commenting on the new generator CEO of Cape Town Market Rob Lowe
said “Companies in South Africa need to ensure that they are able
to continue with business as usual despite the shortfall of
electricity in the country. While it is a big investment we need
to ensure that we remain competitive in our industry and provide
our customers with the service they come to expect from the Cape
Town Market.”
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