Power boost with new plant
A 100 MW solar plant launched near the town of Pofadder in the Northern Cape Province will be capable of providing clean and sustainable power to approximately 80 000 homes in South Africa. The project is a partnership between Abengoa, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), and the KaXu Community Trust and was last week inaugurated by Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises, Bulelani Magwanishe, Premier of the Northern Cape, Silvia Lucas, executives of Abengoa and IDC and representatives of the local community.
Missing: Mars water
A primitive ocean on Mars once held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean. This is according to NASA scientists, who used ground-based observatories to measure water signatures in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have been searching for answers to why this vast water supply left the surface. Details of the observations and computations appear in Thursday’s edition of Science magazine.
DiData flies with Saudi project
Dimension Data has secured an ambitious consulting deal with Saudi Arabian Airlines, operating as Saudia, to lead a R14-million project for the company. Saudia has a broad and ambitious vision for what it wants to achieve through technology. One of its most strategic current projects is to develop the Sinnovate Smart Technology Hub (Sinnovate) in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), approximately 100km north of Jeddah.
2014 sees record smartphone sales
Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users had a record fourth quarter of 2014 with an increase of 29,9% from the fourth quarter of 2013 to reach 367,5-million units, according to Gartner. Samsung lost the number one spot to Apple in the global smartphone market in...