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...
read moreAll-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...
read moreEaton 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 Eaton's premises...
read moreMaking hospitals safe from lightning, surges
From the skills and training of medical staff members to the sensitive equipment and sterile measures that are used on patients, hospitals are synonymous with efforts to save lives and improve health and well-being. The greatest threats to sensitive life-saving...
read moreEffective monitoring can save your UPS
The cornerstone of network reliability and availability, the uninterruptible power supply - or UPS has, for more than three decades, ensured the protection of hardware, software and data for small, medium and large networks all around the globe. While UPSs themselves...
read moreSchneider Electric debuts Easy UPS 3S
Schneider Electric South Africa has announced the launch of its Easy UPS 3S in Africa. Making business continuity easy for small and medium businesses, Easy UPS 3S is a 10-to-40kVA Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) that offers robust electrical specifications and...
read moreThyssenkrupp launches advanced water electrolysis
As renewable energy sources continue their global success story, the demand for integrating them into the current South African energy and industry landscape grows Thyssenkrupp now offers a key technology for renewables integration: Industrial scale water electrolysis...
read moreEskom BIC win fast-tracks small business growth
A 2016 win in the Eskom Business Investment Competition (BIC) has fast-tracked a solar company's growth and created jobs for over 40 people in less than two years. Early stage investment and support is crucial for the success of new businesses; and a fast-growing...
read moreWind-free technology drives energy efficiency
Since the recording of global temperatures began in 1951, the 17 warmest years were within the past 18 years. Natural resources are continually under pressure and the global temperature is rising. South Africa's natural resources are strained as the main electricity...
read morePredictive maintenance unlocks lower costs
African power utilities are evolving as they are unbundled into separate generation, transmission and distribution companies and as they come under growing pressure to service unserved communities as well as to support industrial growth. By Colin Beaney, global...
read moreWhat electricity users and providers should know
Approximately 7-million prepaid electricity meters in South Africa need to be reset before November 2024 as the system that runs the credit tokens will run out of numbers at this time and all existing meters will stop accepting credit tokens. The South African...
read moreGE tests desulphurisation at Kusile
GE's Steam Power business has successfully completed tests for performance of Unit 1, of the Wet Flue Gas Desulphurisation Plant (WFGD) at Eskom's Kusile newly built plant, the first air quality control system of its kind in Africa. The WFGD Plant will be the cleanest...
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