Features
Grinpal appoints 50 youth contractors
Grinpal Energy Management was awarded a contract to install its revolutionary in-house smart meters in Tshing, a township in Ventersdorp, North West Province.read more
Community Enterprise Development Bakery Project
The Alexandra Child Care & Support Centre bakery enterprise has finally been set up. Palace Group has injected capital towards this project. The bakery is intended to create an income for the parents and guardians as well as to provide a sustainable source of financial support to the ACCSC itself, which support the growing population of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) resulting from HIV/AIDS and other poverty related causes within its location.
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Thaba Chweu Municipality Smart Metering Project
Grinpal has further been awarded project to install its smart meters in the Thaba Chweu local municipality in Mpumalanga. The municipality is one of five (5) local municipalities within the Ehlazeni District and has an estimated population of 97,734. Grinpal has been appointed for the installation of 19,500 units across Thaba Chweu including areas such as Sabie, Graskop, Lydenburg, Pilgrims Rest and the surrounding rural areas. The project commenced in June 2011 and is envisaged to end mid 2012.
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Press Release On Smart Metering
Grinpal Energy, a Palace Group owned subsidiary, is continuing to address the energy needs of municipalities across South Africa with the installations of the advanced smart meters.read more
Business Day Interview
The high uptake for rebates on installed low-pressure solar water heating systems does not alleviate the pressure on the national electricity system because these units are installed in areas where there were no geysers before, says local company Palace Group.read more
Press Release On Solar Water Heating Product
Amid the current energy challenges facing South Africa and calls for a decrease in energy usage that has strained our national energy grid, Vision 49, in conjunction with a solar water heater,will provide a cost effective and sustainable alternative to conventional electricity based water heating systems.read more
Our enterprise development initiative in Alexandra
In September 2009, Palace Group held a corporate fundraising golf day event with the aim of raising funds towards an income-generating project to benefit guardians and parents of the Alexandra Child Care and Support Centre (ACCSC).read more
Grinpal In The News
Grinpal Energy Management (Pty) Ltd provides conception-to-completion turnkey solutions to municipalities, distribution power utilities and developers worldwide, using state-of-the-art energy management technologies, and utility revenue management solutions...read more
Thabazimbi metering project extended
Project background
Thabazimbi municipality is located in the west of the Limpopo Province and is one of the six (6) local municipalities in the Waterberg District. The Thabazimbi project commenced after Grinpal approached the municipality with a proposal to install smart metering technology which was primed to resolve many of the municipality's revenue challenges...read more
Grinpal Expands It's Footprint
Pilot Project in Phuthaditjhaba
Grinpal Energy Management (Pty) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Palace Group, has been awarded a contract by the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality to pilot the company's smart meters in Phuthaditjhaba. The smart meters have in the past proved to be advantageous and valuable to both the municipalities and the end-users...read more
Alexandra pre-payment metering project
In order to ensure sustainable, profitable operation, GRINPAL and City Power (Johannesburg), as part of a comprehensive loss-prevention program, converted the entire Alexandra to a prepaid electricity system...read more