Eskom 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...
read moreELPA aims to be SA’s lightning protection body
Last year, lightning deaths in the US reached an all-time low in that country's recorded history. This is according to a year-end report published recently by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which cited a total of 16 deaths across the US....
read moreEngie, Fenix complete acquisition
Global utility company Engie and off-grid energy firm Fenix International have closed their acquisition agreement. Fenix is the first Solar Home System ompany to join a major worldwide energy company and has already delivered clean, safe and affordable energy and...
read moreFairbanks Morse shows PoweReliability-as-a-Service
Fairbanks Morse will be at Power & Electricity World Africa from 27 to 28 March, presenting its PoweReliability-as-a-Service platform powered by the Trident OP engine featuring a fuel-efficient opposed piston architecture. The Fairbanks Morse...
read moreDoes your data centre need more cooling?
Data centres are out of date, writes Neil Cameron, Johnson Controls area GM: building efficiency - Africa. They are built to last but, let's face it, technology changes fast. What's under the hood in a data centre today often far outpaces the capabilities of the...
read moreFujitsu wins environmental award
The Fujitsu Group Environmental Report 2017 has received the Grand Award of Global Warming Countermeasures Report (Japanese Environment Minister's Award) as part of the 21st Environmental Communication Awards, sponsored by Japan's Ministry of the Environment and the...
read moreTrack the impact you have on the earth
Schneider Electric and Global Footprint Network (GFN) launched a new mobile-friendly Footprint Calculator for Earth Overshoot Day 2017, which enables everyone to track their ecological footprint and personal Earth Overshoot Day. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when...
read moreDistributed generation saves costs
Cummins and NRG Energy of the US have announced a strategic commercial partnership to deploy a resilient, cleaner, and cost-effective distributed generation platform for commercial and industrial customers. This platform is believed to be the first-of-its-kind in the...
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