Acknowledgement: This article was published here by Engineering News, and is republished with permission. Mike Levington, SAPVIA member and MD of energy resources company Navitas Holdings, reveals that because R38,5-billion of renewable energy purchases is already factored into the average Eskom sales tariff, Eskom has over-recovered some R7,6-billion through IPP tariffs since 2013/14. The […]
The seemingly never ending series of reports and investigations on financial mismanagement in Eskom rightfully triggered a media frenzy. Concerned citizens can only hope that the many investigations and reports will eventually result in prosecutions where needed and that the rule of law will be seen to apply to everyone irrespective of patronage or […]
Producing hydrogen requires a large amount of energy which is usually generated from carbon-emitting technologies such as coal-fired power stations. This article proposes a return to the way hydrogen used to be produced – by electrolysis of water, powered by renewable energy sources. Over 60-million tonnes of hydrogen is produced every year for a […]
Existing renewable energy sources are seen by many as being unsuitable for baseload generation. This article describes a new renewable energy power generation technology which could help to meet the challenge of providing baseload electricity at low cost while complying with the global requirement of limiting the rise in atmospheric temperatures and reducing CO2 […]
A market research report by ESMAP (Energy Management Assistance Program) of IFC (International Finance Corporation) – a World Bank Group Energy Storage technologies are emerging as a major disruptor of the traditional approach to centralised power generation, transmission and distribution, as well as a key enabler of a new flexible approach to distributed generation, […]
Innovation is critical when it comes to providing universal university education for all in South Africa, and the tough economic times require this innovation to be both locally relevant and internationally competitive, said Prof. Saurabh Sinha, Executive Dean of the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. Sinha was speaking […]
Roughly two years ago drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), received attention in various communities for their potential, specifically for the valuable data they could offer in real-time information that could be used to aid numerous day-to-day problems. Sectors such as construction, surveying, mining, GIS, insurance and agriculture all have enormous potential for UAV […]
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a holographic imaging process that depicts the radiation of a WiFi transmitter to generate three-dimensional images of the surrounding environment. Industrial facility operators could use this to track objects as they move through the production hall. Just like peering through a window, holograms project […]
With an industry target set to eliminate mining fatalities by 2020 and reduce lost time injuries by 20% from January 2017 [1], the pressure is on mines and their suppliers, including those in the field of proximity detection systems (PDS), to meet this vital goal. Transport-related incidents are still one of the top causes […]
In a world-first, a subsea part for a well head has been fabricated from subsea lidar data using 3D printing, opening up the possibility of creating physical 1:1 models for intervention planning. Pluggged and abandoned (P&A) wells located offshore Oceania in a water depth of approximately 110 m, drilled decades ago and suspended at […]
