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Electricity

New 122 MW gas-fired Moz power plant to start production in Q2

Temporary power and temperature control solutions provider Aggreko is expanding the power generation capacity at Gigawatt Park, in Ressano Garcia, Mozambique, to 232 MW at a cost of more than $200-million, including fuel costs.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Power management group places services at heart of African offering

Diversified power management company Eaton Electric is focusing on developing its market share in South Africa and Africa by backing up its product offering with engineering and support services. Eaton Electric marketing manager Mark Strydom...

By: Schalk Burger

19 Apr 13

Electricity

Power plant projects growing in Africa

Finnish power solutions group Wärtsilä says that, to date, it has installed 470 power plants in Africa, with a total output of almost 6 GW, and it is on track to complete its latest projects on the continent.

By: Sashnee Moodley

19 Apr 13

ENERGY SECURITY

Small-scale distribution may be key to alleviating Africa’s energy crisis

Added focus on small-scale power distribution could be key in mitigating the disparity between Africa’s abundant energy reserves and inherent poverty, says strategic and commercial services firm Dynamic Energy Consultants director Darryl Hunt.

By: Samantha Moolman

19 Apr 13

METAL CASTING

Soul searching under way in bid to revitalise SA’s metal casting sector

It is widely accepted that South Africa has substantial remaining resources of unexploited industrial minerals. In fact the newly released Industrial Policy Action Plan 2013/14 concurs with estimates of there being remaining mineral reserves and...

By: Joanne Taylor

19 Apr 13

Electricity

Trigeneration plant begins operation

Financial services firm Standard Bank began operating South Africa’s second trigeneration plant at its new 65 000 m2 corporate head office in Rosebank, Johannesburg, last month and will produce more than eight-million kilowatt hours a year.

By: Sashnee Moodley

19 Apr 13

Electricity

Upgrade under way at power station

Multinational technology conglomerate Siemens Energy is currently involved in upgrading the human machine interface (HMI) systems on the generation units at State-owned power utility Eskom’s Camden coal-fired power station near Ermelo, in...

By: Gia Costella

19 Apr 13

Electricity

Urgent intervention needed to stop deterioration of electricity assets

The electricity distribution grid in South Africa are only a few years away from collapse and that would result in unexpected power failures, as most infrastructure is nearing the end of its life cycle and the general tendency to deal with...

By: Sashnee Moodley

19 Apr 13

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City	Company	Country	Currency
Ressano Garcia Wadeville DURBAN Johannesburg	Aggreko Eskom Gigawatt Mozambique Matola Gas Company CHI Control Eaton Corporation Eaton Electric Central Termica De Ressano Garcia Hydropower Kribi Power Development Com Sasol Development Bank Dynamic Energy Consultants Rosebank Environmental & Sustainability Solutions Inductotherm Corporation Transnet MTN Standand Bank Standard Bank Siemens Energy Ciber Terrasoft EDI Holdings Motorola Trimble	Mozambique Namibia South Africa Cameroon Guinea China United States Germany Botswana Zimbabwe	USD
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Ressano Garcia Facility Ressano Garcia Plant Rosebank Plant Camden Power Station MW Komati Power Station	Energy Requirements Power Utilities Supply Natural Gas Electrical Equipment Manufacturer Heavy-duty Equipment Heavy-industry And Mining Clients Lean Manufacturing Manufacturing Medium-voltage Distribution Equipment Power Management Giant Responsive Services Steel Gas Pipeline Natural Gas Natural Gas Fuel Petrochemicals Giant Power Solutions Thermal Technology Continental Infrastructure Networks Conventional Gas Reserves Dant Energy Reserves Electricity Energy Energy Access Energy Infrastructure Energy Poverty Energy Reserves Energy Security Larger Utility-scale Energy Terminals Oil Reserves Priority Cross-border Energy Projects Required But Expensive Infrastructure Stranded Gas Assets Transport Electricity Tariffs Energy Consumption Energy Efficiency Local Metal Casters Manufacturing Processes Metal Casting Metal Casting Market Metal Casting Process Metal Casting Producer Public Relations Technology Upgrades Electrical Energy Electricity Costs Energy Source Financial Services Munications Project Management Real Estate Man Expert Systems Failsafe Protections Systems Online Availability Technology Conglomerate Application Software Asset Management Electricity Assets Electricity Distribution Asset-manage Electricity Distribution Grid Electricity Networks Electricity Transmission Hand-held Devices Mobile Giant Possible Solution Similar Handheld Mobile Devices Software Application Software Solutions	Rupert Soames Shanduka Athol Hankey Eleonore Gonnelle Mark Strydom Rory Reid Darryl Hunt Adrie El-Mohamadi Alfred Spada Andrew Turner Fabio Garcia Filho Robert Keshecki Seakle Godschalk Shawn Cunningham Gravette Chris Waddicor Shikrant Agre Deon Louw Raj Rajakanthan	Africa Europe
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Southern Africa Southern Mozambique	Gas Technology GPS Mobile Devices	Cores Graphite Electrodes Shot-blast Fines	Windows Mobile