The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) – in collaboration with a number of local partners – has completed work on a... 

South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has initiated a process, with other government and industry stakeholders, to develop a roadmap that will lead South Africa towards a... 

Digital Industries South Africa have launched the next level of the Digital Enterprise series (DES). Following our successful event in 2019, we have initiated a platform to consolidate our latest... 

The main transformer for the Perdekraal East Wind Farm has arrived by road from Pretoria, Gauteng. 

Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy has received no formal communication from Eskom with regard to it potentially not installing flue-gas desulphurisation systems at the... 

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Eskom is rolling out design modifications, made recently to units 3 to 6 of the Medupi power plant, rather than waiting for the results of an evaluation of the fixes, which is proceeding in parallel. 

According to its second edition of its annual 'Supply Side Analysis 2019' report, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) reports that in 2019 a new supply side record, in terms of capacity for the... 

Unit 3 at the Medupi power station is in operation. 

Automation company Siemens offers users the opportunity to close the gap between conventional local and cloud-based data processing, depending on individual requirements. With Edge computing, large... 

The project entails the construction of a gas-fired power plant at the existing power plant location of the Berezovskaya combined heat and power plant, in Beloozersk. 

Volkswagen's entire Zwickau factory, in Germany, is being converted from producing 100% internal combustion engines to 100% electric vehicles. 

Wind energy representative organisation, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC,) along with signatories representing all the major international wind industry corporates and associations, reports... 

The effects of digitalisation are different worldwide, and Africa is no exception. German multinational Siemens senior VP for Digital Industries in Southern and Eastern Africa Ralf Leinen says... 

Sometime back, in 1994, when the new government had taken over, there was a great deal of backslapping and self-congratulation by new Parliamentarians and officials and settling in and stuff.... 

An update on the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme – fourth window. 

A range of modular components designed to meet the needs of industry 4.0 have been recently announced. The industry modules aim to allow for flexible and productive manufacturing that also... 

Three prominent topics arose during a webinar hosted by consultancy Deloitte on April 29 around how emerging markets are responding to Covid-19 during the pandemic, as well as planning for the... 

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has applied to the Finnish nuclear regulator for permission to load fuel into the reactor of the project. 

The Perdekraal East Wind Farm installed its final wind turbine, two weeks ahead of schedule, on March 24. 

All work has been stopped on Kusile units 4, 5 and 6. 

Eskom did not shift its April 9 deadline for returning Medupi Unit 3 to service, despite work restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Siemens commits R500 000.00 to the Solidarity Response Fund to aid in the fight against coronavirus in South Africa Siemens Plays a part in helping to ‘flatten the curve’ of Coronavirus 

When people talk about Energy “Management” often what they are only referring to is Energy Monitoring, which means gathering energy power data (i.e. kW, kWh, Power Factor), visualizing this data,... 

In industries, e.g. the pharmaceutical industry, or the food industry, there are various regulations regarding the traceability and documentation of production data. These include, among others,... 

Kangnas Wind Farm has completed the installation of all the wind turbines. 

Eskom has yet to agree on a supply contract for the bulk of coal needed for the Kusile power station. 

Commercial operation of the power plant is scheduled for November 2020. 

EDF Renewables and ESB plan to build a wind farm in Fife. 

Dominion Energy plans on building the biggest offshore wind project in the US to date. 

The turbine components have been successfully transported to the wind farms. 

French train maker Alstom has confirmed it is in talks to acquire the rail business of embattled Canadian train and plane maker Bombardier, in a fresh attempt to bulk up against Chinese... 

A solution for intelligent weighing automation that measures 20 mm in width by 65 mm in height, is said to be one of the smallest weighing electronics units available. The device’s 1 000 Hz... 

Siemens president and CEO Joe Kaeser said during a press conference this month that the company might not have decided to get involved in the Carmichael coal project, had it been aware of anticoal... 

Larry Fink said last month he would thrust climate change concerns to the center of BlackRock’s investment strategy. That didn’t stop activists from storming its Paris office on Monday. Protesters... 

The president and CEO of German multinational conglomerate Siemens, Joe Kaeser, has told a press conference in Munich that the company might have taken the decision not to get involved in the... 

Subsequent to the successful installation of an automated control solution at a confectionary manufacturer, in KwaZulu-Natal, engineering solutions provider Hybrid Automation has seen an uptick in... 

Electric mobility through electric vehicles (EVs) in Rwanda can help the country in its efforts to go green, says Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) CEO Thomas Schäfer.  This comes after Volkswagen... 

Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH plans to build a proton exchange membrane electro­lysis plant, in Salzgitter. 

Siemens and Ghana reached a preliminary agreement to upgrade the nation’s electricity grid using €250-million of financing from Germany. Siemens and Ghana Grid Co will also use the funding to... 

The Indian conglomerate coming under increasing pressure over its controversial coal mine in Australia said it won’t let protests dissuade it from completing the project. The group, controlled by...