Nov 26, 2020
South Africa’s stretched energy grid has led to a rapid uptake of uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems and a marked increase in renewable energy investments. Freedom from the grid needs reliable storage batteries – where the energy created by turbines...
Oct 27, 2020
Instead of going to landfills, modified lithium-ion cells can back up your home or business, write Lance Dickerson and Felix von Bormann. Mass rollout of electric vehicles (EVs) may have been a pipe dream a few decades ago, but with various European cities setting...
Oct 20, 2020
Global Investors of Sustainability Development (GISD) Alliance co-chair and CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Dr Leila Fourie says the decision by the GISD to scale-up sustainable investments globally will be of great benefit to developing countries on the...
Sep 18, 2020
While South Africa continues to feel the effects of load shedding, resulting in a decrease in productivity and disruption to business operations, now more than ever, South Africa is in need of reliable, high-end technology to mitigate the impact of rolling blackouts...
Aug 31, 2020
It is estimated that within five years, the number of connections between people and other people, people and things and things to other things will number more than 100-billion. Add to this the increasing uptake of 5G networks, as well as new services including...
Aug 20, 2020
With electricity price hikes on the cards and load reduction being implemented, more people are thinking about gaining independence from the national grid with alternative energy sources, like solar, to power their lives. Switching to solar makes sense if applied for...