Sep 9, 2024
In a province once synonymous with the towering chimneys and billowing smoke of coal-fired power plants, Mpumalanga is undergoing a remarkable metamorphosis, emerging as a pivotal player in South Africa’s dynamic renewable energy landscape, with wind power in...
Sep 4, 2024
Let’s face it: South Africa’s power grid isn’t winning any awards for reliability, writes Mandy Hattingh, senior associate at NSDV. Our data centres are feeling the heat – and not in a good way. These digital powerhouses not only keep our...
Aug 28, 2024
The future of IT thermal management is here – and it’s a hybrid of air and liquid cooling technologies, writes Jonathan Duncan, technical director for Africa at Vertiv. Enterprises across the globe are adopting high-performance computing (HPC) for...
Aug 20, 2024
By Awie Bosman and Scott Havemann – Reforms in the South African energy sector, while proceeding glacially, are setting the scene for clean, private power generation. Finally, too, this is opening the door for a game-changing energy option that’s been...
Aug 8, 2024
While the lights have stayed on post the national elections, businesses across the board are paying close to 34% more for their power than they did two years ago. Brandon Horn, Head of Commercial at SolarAfrica, cautions that these increases are not likely to change...
Aug 8, 2024
The need for a restructured, collaborative approach among government and the private sector to address rising energy costs is a key topic in GoSolr’s second quarterly “Light Paper”, released this week. It comes as time when the country moves from...
