Fujitsu powers near-zero emissions data centre

Fujitsu server and storage technology is powering one of the world’s first near-zero emissions data centers located inside a wind turbine in Germany. Part of the WindCORES initiative from German electricity provider WestfalenWIND IT, the new hosting solution...

Optimise power quality for critical applications

As global energy consumption continues to rise, energy is becoming more decentralised and decarbonised. While demand is estimated to increase by 70% by 2040, 50% of new energy generation capacity will be represented by solar and storage by 2030. In answer to these...

Eaton wins top accolade

Power management company Eaton Africa’s operations manager EugĂ©n Ranft won the “Distinguished Industry Award” at the inaugural Africa International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. The award is presented to...

Coca-Cola taps into the sunshine

Coca-Cola Beverages SA (CCBSA) is going solar by installing rooftop solar photovoltaic units at 11 of its sites, with a combined installed capacity of 10,4MWp renewable energy once completed. Under a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Mulilo Group, the plants...

All-weather surge protection with Dehnpatch

Experts in the fields of safety, monitoring and network communication are familiar with the problem of surge arresters often needing to be installed in extremely exposed locations. This generally meant that they had to be laboriously protected against weather-related...

Eaton wins Best Paper Award at POWER-GEN Africa

Power management company Eaton South Africa won the Best Paper Award for its ‘Microgrids for Commercial and Industrial’ paper at the Power-Gen and DistribuTech Africa Conference, held in Johannesburg. An example case study of a microgrid installed on...