The JSE’s first black-empowered clean energy group, AEP Energy Africa (AEP), recently debuted on the exchange as a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The Pan African group is the first in South Africa to expose investors to the full spectrum of clean energy, beyond renewables only, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the core […]
SolarEdge has unveiled the world’s first inverter-integrated electric vehicle (EV) charger. By supplementing grid power with PV power, the company’s level 2 EV charger offers charging up to six times faster than a standard level 1 charger with its innovative solar boost mode. Once integrated with an EV charger, the device will enable EV […]
Husqvarna Group is building its first solar power generating facility at its current injection molding site in Nashville, USA. The new facility is expected to reduce the CO2 footprint by approximately 1000 t in the first year of operation and approximately 25 000 t over the expected 25 year life of the facility. The new solar […]
Belden, known internationally for its signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has released its new DataTuff Cat6A Profinet cables, designed to support the growing demand for high-volume data transfer from the factory floor. These cables transmit data up to 10 Gbps and provide the reliable, ruggedised and flexible connections required in environments built for […]
Industrial organisations around the world struggle to manage risk. Incidents, such as product recalls, data breaches and worker injuries, have immediate consequences and can impact customers, employees, intellectual property and revenue. Risk management should be focused on where problems originate. In many cases, that is within the automation infrastructure. Rockwell Automation has outlined four key […]
Arrow Altech has announced the new ultra-compact, low-cost, low-power-wide-area-network (LPWAN) wireless module that supports the LoRaWAN and Sigfox long range wireless protocol. Murata recently announced the results of its collaboration with both STMicro and SigFox to port the SigFox stack to co-exist alongside the LoRa stack on Murata’s small form factor Type ABZ LoRaWAN […]
The traditional solar monitoring system only enables data collection and analysis of the whole solar system. This includes accumulated power generation and data from solar accessories (such as temperature, humidity and sunlight density data), which provides limited support for routine maintenance. Multiple failures can be unnoticed for a long time until the inspection is […]
SA GeoTech 2017, a geospatial business conference, brought the geospatial and related industries together in Gauteng for three days to discuss and demonstrate geospatial and measurement technologies, their business benefits and applications. The conference, which took place from 25 to 27 July 2017, also provided insight into current geotech trends and deployment strategies. Hosted by […]
SA GeoTech 2017, a geospatial business conference, brought the geospatial and related industries together in Gauteng for three days to discuss and demonstrate geospatial and measurement technologies, their business benefits and applications. The conference, which took place from 25 to 27 July 2017, also provided insight into current geotech trends and deployment strategies. Hosted […]
SA GeoTech 2017, a geospatial business conference, brought the geospatial and related industries together in Gauteng for three days to discuss and demonstrate geospatial and measurement technologies, their business benefits and applications. The conference, which took place from 25 to 27 July 2017, also provided insight into current geotech trends and deployment strategies. Hosted […]
