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    • SA takes important next steps to solving its power crisis

      by Lauren Hermanus, University of Cape Town

      South Africa’s power utility Eskom is on the brink of collapse. It owes foreign and local lenders more than R400-billion, it receives insufficient income from the sale of electricity to service its repayment commitments, is owed about R35-billion in overdue arrear debt by direct users and municipalities and is bogged down by two enormous “ill-designed” […]
  • LEAD EDITORIAL: more >>

    • Overcoming a culture of non-payment

      by Roger Lilley, EE Publishers

      A culture of non-payment for electrical services by community members is prevalent in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his recent State of the Nation address, said that this unwillingness to pay for services – which extends beyond electrical services – was a serious problem which the government will have to address urgently. Eskom’s chief […]
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    • Locally-made superior quality transformers for Africa and beyond

      Information from SGB-SMIT POWER MATLA

      SGB-SMIT POWER MATLA is a local transformer company with factories in Pretoria and Cape Town. The company was formed when SGB-SMIT, the pure-play transformer specialist from Europe and Power Matla, a locally owned black-empowered company with investments within the renewable energy, ICT, mining and power utilities markets, launched the new operation on 1 August 2018. […]
  • INDUSTRY NEWS: more >>

    • Minister presents challenges at opening of energy conference
    • Renewable energy IPP re-negotiation a clear breach of contract
    • PV GreenCard programme praised
    • Eskom to be divided into three business units
    • SAIPPA breakfast announced
    • Electric vehicles: an induction motor comeback?
    • Wide-ranging post-SONA interview with Eskom CFO Calib Cassim reveals all…
    • New pressures on Eskom’s plant performance and energy availability factor
    • Eskom’s “licence to kill” must be revoked
    • SA mines must decarbonise, decentralise and digitise
    • Mines need to transition to cleaner, more efficient forms of energy
    • BUSA responds to Eskom’s latest tariff increase application
  • COMPANY & PRODUCT NEWS: more >>

    • Aluzinc a game-changer for MCCs
    • Celebrating 55 000 installations
    • Scholarships for nuclear studies for African students
    • Consolidation creates a turnkey solution
    • Micro-grid energy management system for Maldives
    • Cast resin transformers ready for action
    • Electrical equipment firm sells supplier division
    • Plastic waste to energy converter solves pollution problem
    • Angular contact thrust ball bearings
    • New pressures on Eskom’s plant performance and energy availability factor
    • Solar EPCs see increased finance opportunities
    • Increasing opportunities for PPAs in SA
    • Predictive maintenance saves motors and money
    • Renewable energy business focus to accelerate growth
    • Biogas plant given a new lease of life
    • Variable-speed drives reduce irrigation costs
    • Electric dive boats for eco-friendly marine tourism
    • Recognition for fuel cell solutions
    • Incentive programme includes product bundles
    • Women spark in electricity firm
    • Eskom recloser supply contract awarded
    • Micro-ohmmeter generates 300 A
    • First-ever rotating solar concentrator
    • Nedbank withdraws funding for new coal IPPs
    • Diversification, drones help rope access firm
    • New training centre for fuel company
    • Work on new nuclear projects suspended
    • Measuring volumetric flow by oscillation
    • For faster troubleshooting
    • IR cameras measuring up to 1500°C
    • Robust safety encoder for accurate measurement
    • Digital temperature gauge with NFC
    • Work on UK nuclear project suspended
    • Advanced new range of vertical turbine pumps
    • Power company donates fire protection equipment
    • Lightning and surge protection for solar installations
    • Dry sorter coal-beneficiation solution coming
    • Custom modification option announced
    • Out of the fog: honeycomb films
    • New products for electric mobility on water
  • VIEWS & OPINION: more >>

    • SA takes important next steps to solving its power crisis
    • Proposed IPP “renegotiations” will threaten green energy investments and job creation
    • Why South Africa’s energy generator is in so much trouble
    • Wide-ranging post-SONA interview with Eskom CFO Calib Cassim reveals all…
    • Digitisation saves energy
    • Managing expectations and opposition to the restructuring of Eskom
    • Can South Africa solve its energy crisis?
    • Will unbundling Eskom ensure a sustainable electricity system?
  • GENERATION: more >>

    • Why the USA should partner with Africa to deploy advanced reactors

      by Jessica Lovering and Kenton de Kirby, Breakthrough Institute

      There is growing interest in nuclear power across several African countries. The USA could help to create more equitable and sustainable deployment of clean nuclear power on the African continent by assisting with the supply of advanced small modular nuclear reactors. Of the 30 countries identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as interested […]
    • Small-scale coal-fired generation: An option for the future?

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      The days of mega-sized coal-fired projects are over, at least for this country. The use of coal as a fuel for power generation will nonetheless continue for many years in the future, with the difference that small-scale (clean) coal-fired plant (SSCFP) is seen to be the technology of choice. Future plant could be of a […]
    • Compressed air: The new stationary battery?

      by Dr HA van der Linde and W Leaper, Leaper Innovate Green Energies

      Energy storage by compressed air counters the disadvantages of lead-acid batteries while providing a lower energy-to-volume ratio. Lead-acid stationary batteries have been the storage method of choice since 1859 but they have always had the disadvantage of low energy-to-volume ratio. While other, often improved stationary battery technologies have since emerged, they too ultimately face the […]
  • TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION: more>>

    • Benefits of covered conductor systems for MV overhead line distribution

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      MV distribution networks generally make use of uninsulated conductors strung between poles of varying materials. In many areas there is a risk of failure and consequent environmental damage with bare conductors. Insulated conductor systems for medium and high voltage have been developed to reduce risks and have proved to be successful in many areas.   […]
    • Direct air capture of CO2: An alternative means of carbon capture

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      Coal-fired power stations will continue to form a major portion of the power generation mix in the immediate future. Much research has been done on reducing CO2 emissions from these sources by CO2 capture, but very little on emission from smaller sources. An approach which captures CO2 directly from the atmosphere, remotely from the generating […]
    • Only smart reclosers build smart grids

      by Neil O’Sullivan and Bruno Kimura, Noja Power

      Smart grid is on the agenda of almost every utility in the world today. A true smart grid starts with the automation of utilities distribution networks and a key building block for the automation of distribution networks is reclosers. What do reclosers need to provide this building block? Power utilities worldwide face similar challenges every […]
  • APPLICATION: more >>

    • Electrification of the chemical industry: Power-to-chemicals programme

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      The chemical industry relies heavily on energy for all production processes, from petrochemical to pharmaceuticals to common everyday items. The availability of cheap electricity from renewable energy sources stands to revolutionise the industry, and replace depletable feedstock with renewable material, using surplus electricity from renewable sources. The chemical industry is the largest industrial user of […]
    • Benefits of variable speed drives in mining applications

      Information from ABB

      To safeguard their future, mining companies must improve performance, cut production costs, reduce environmental impact, and increase automation. Mining companies face major challenges in terms of sustainable growth. As demand for commodities exceeds supply, mining companies search for new deposits in remote and inhospitable regions where production costs are high. In addition, they seek to […]
    • Microbial fuel cells: A new approach to waste-water treatment

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      The use of wastewater for energy generation by biodigestion and generation of biogas is a well established process in use at numerous waste-water treatment plants. A new approach, based on microbial fuel cells, which offers a scalable alternative with much potential, is in the development stages. The technique also has an application to acid mine […]
  • SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: more >>

    • Ensuring lightning protection

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      Providing a simpler approach for surge and lightning protection insurance for thatched roofed buildings which combines public and product liability, professional indemnity and the underwriting of electronic equipment insurance is now available. The product is based on use of DEHN components, approved design, approved installation and approved maintenance. Hano Oelofse, managing director at lightning and […]
    • Biomass gasification for large-scale electricity generation

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      Electrical power generation can make use of several biomass processes, including direct combustion, combustion of gas derived from fermentation or gasification, and combustion of pyrolysis fuel. Thermal gasification and pyrolysis are seen as the most promising technologies for the generation of electricity from biomass. Biofuels are fuels produced directly or indirectly from organic material or […]
    • Energy storage: The potential to change the industry

      by Mike Rycroft, EE Publishers

      Development of electrical energy storage technology and applications in the electrical energy sector is moving ahead in leaps and bounds. All sectors are affected , from generation to consumption, and technology is advancing rapidly towards larger and larger network and grid  installations, while at the same time reducing the cost of smaller behind-the-meter installations.  Energy […]
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    • The gravitational vortex water turbine puts small hydro on the map
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    • Wide-ranging post-SONA interview with Eskom CFO Calib Cassim reveals all…
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