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Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
27th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

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


Last lift
Kangnas turbine installations completed ahead of schedule
19th March 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Kangnas Wind Farm on Tuesday completed the installation of all 61 wind turbines – two weeks ahead of schedule. With all turbines now installed, the project is advancing to its commercial operations... 


Next gen of family business leaders have drive, but not necessarily support
17th March 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The next generation (NextGens) of African family business owners consider themselves agents of change for digital transformation and able to succeed in a digital world; however, they feel... 


A charging resistor is put in place for impulse testing
In-house transformer testing enhances local engineering capacity
13th March 2020

The recent installation of an impulse voltage generator at a local transformer manufacturing facility in Heidelberg is a substantial investment that the company hopes will provide an important... 


Skid-Mounted Dry-Type Transformer Does Duty On Coal Mine
Skid-Mounted Dry-Type Transformer Does Duty On Coal Mine
9th March 2020

In a specialised application on a coal mine, Trafo Power Solutions recently supplied a dry-type transformer mounted on a mobile skid. “The harsh environment of a coal mine required us to specially... 


TRAFO Takes Key Role In Global Brewer’s Gauteng Upgrade
14th February 2020

Dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions has delivered transformers and other electrical upgrades for a global beer maker’s expanded facility in Gauteng. In addition to supplying three... 


Managing the fire risk of transformer explosions at substations
Managing the fire risk of transformer explosions at substations
13th February 2020

One of the largest and busiest airports in Africa, OR Tambo International in Johannesburg, was plunged into temporary darkness on Sunday 12 December after a transformer at a substation in Kempton... 


Local, Specialised Transformers For Renewable Energy Projects
Local, Specialised Transformers For Renewable Energy Projects
13th February 2020

Zest WEG’s local transformer manufacturing facility has supplied 36 specialised photovoltaic (PV) transformers to a solar energy generation plant in the Northern Cape.   This heralds Zest WEG’s... 


ABB helps maximize energy efficiency at future fossil-free steel pilot
ABB helps maximize energy efficiency at future fossil-free steel pilot
11th February 2020

New order supports SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall project HYBRIT in becoming the world’s first large-scale, fossil-free method of steel production. Technology leader ABB has been selected to supply a... 


In-House Transformer Testing Good For Customers And Standards
28th January 2020

The recent installation of an impulse voltage generator at Zest WEG’s transformer manufacturing facility in Heidelberg will allow in-house testing of transformers, saving time and money for... 


Boost SA’s Electrical Uptime By Quickly Catching Failing Components
28th January 2020

Whether caused by poor maintenance or shoddy workmanship; the fact is key power generation, transmission and distribution components across the length and breadth of South Africa’s electrical grid... 


Zest WEG Group
Zest WEG Group
24th January 2020

Zest WEG Group, a subsidiary of leading Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, has a strong commitment to contributing to the development of Africa and has been servicing the mining sector... 


Trafo Power Solutions
Trafo Power Solutions
24th January 2020

Trafo Power Solutions was established to cater for the growing appetite and scope for the application of dry-type transformers in Africa. These power solutions are suitable across a wide range of... 


LOCAL INVESTMENT
Zest WEG has spent R25-million on skills development over the past three years
Celebrating 40 years of building local capacity
24th January 2020 By: Tracy Hancock

The establishment of motor and controls manufacturer WEG in a remote area of southern Brazil in 1961 prepared its South African subsidiary, Zest WEG Group, for its localisation journey. WEG has a... 


African cities bet on new technology to fix growing water shortages
11th December 2019 By: Reuters

From solar-powered ground pumps to 3D-printed filters, new technology can help solve water shortages in African cities facing rapid growth, entrepreneurs and policymakers said. These were among the... 


Power quality key to plant competitiveness
6th December 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Alf Hartzenburg explains why ensuring that industrial plants are supplied with good-quality electricity is imperative 


Kangas Wind Farm's Groeipunt transmission substation
Eskom’s first outsourced transmission substation nears completion
29th November 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Kangas Wind Farm on Monday reported that construction of the Groeipunt transmission substation was 80% complete and on track to be handed over to State-owned power utility Eskom in March 2020.... 


Monitoring services sustain plant integrity
21st November 2019

Two new services aimed at complementing current condition monitoring (CM) solutions are now available. Condition monitoring is a component of predictive maintenance in which conditions in... 


Kangas Wind Farm's Groeipunt transmission substation
Eskom’s first outsourced transmission substation nears completion
18th November 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Kangas Wind Farm on Monday reported that construction of the Groeipunt transmission substation was 80% complete and on track to be handed over to State-owned power utility Eskom in March 2020.... 


Diesel Electric Services
15th November 2019

Product range: Generators (Diesel/Gas) UPS's Power Factor Correction Voltage Stabilisers MV and LV Cabling and Reticulation Real Time Diesel Fuel Management / Monitoring Transformers Trailer... 


Marthinusen & Coutts
15th November 2019

Marthinusen & Coutts (M&C) with ACTOM Turbo Machines are the leading electro-mechanical rotating machines after-market service providers in Africa with representation throughout the continent,... 


Auction of scaffolding and formwork items by GoIndustry DoveBid
Auction of scaffolding and formwork items by GoIndustry DoveBid
7th November 2019

GoIndustry DoveBid has a very busy November calendar coming up, with auctions spanning multiple industries, from Property, to Agriculture, to Mining.  


Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Eskom stations to be clustered into ‘competing’ units, as timeframe is set for transmission separation
29th October 2019 By: Terence Creamer

The South African government has opted for an evolutionary approach to the restructuring of Eskom, the details of which are provided in a ‘special paper’ released by Public Enterprises Minister... 


Dry-Type Transformers Move Into The Mainstream
Dry-Type Transformers Move Into The Mainstream
24th October 2019

The uptake of dry-type transformers in South Africa is now well beyond ‘niche’ applications, with local specialist Trafo Power Solutions installing a range of sizes across various sectors. The... 


Marthinusen & Coutts Invests To Upgrade Its Zambia Facility
Marthinusen & Coutts Invests To Upgrade Its Zambia Facility
17th October 2019

A new 435 m² machine shop workshop and transformer department at Marthinusen & Coutts’ facility in Kitwe, Zambia will further improve the quality and turnaround time of its offerings in the region.... 


KIRK MOSS 
The WEG MVW3000 is particularly suited to applications where there are standard motors with no special insulation
11kV VSD adds significant flexibility and versatility to product offering
11th October 2019 By: Nadine James

e newly developed WEG 11 kV variable-speed drive (VSD) – which forms part of WEG Automation Africa’s new MVW3000 product line – is particularly suited to retrofit applications, notes WEG Automation... 


Proudly South African anticable theft technology already deployed on 12 sites
11th October 2019 By: Martin Creamer

It has been said that entering the Elvey Security Technologies headquarters in the Greenstone Hill Office Park, in Modderfontein, Edenvale, is like boarding USS Enterprise on a Star Trek movie set.... 


SOLVING A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM Hudaco executive director Louis Meiring (left) and Commercial ICT MD Brad Morein in futuristic demonstration room.
Proudly South African anti-cable theft technology already deployed on 12 sites
30th September 2019 By: Martin Creamer

It has been said that entering the Elvey Security Technologies headquarters in the Greenstone Hill Office Park, in Modderfontein, Edenvale, is like boarding USS Enterprise on a Star Trek movie set.... 


Decentralised generation has big implications for distribution network
Decentralised generation has big implications for distribution network
20th September 2019 By: Schalk Burger

The electricity distribution network will become increasingly important – and has to become increasingly smart – to meet future electricity needs amid the growth of variable and decentralised... 


More people refusing to pay their electricity bills
20th September 2019 By: Kim Cloete

Eskom is facing an uphill battle in Soweto, in Gauteng, as well as in other municipalities, where people are increasingly refusing to pay for electricity, with a sharp drop in payments since last... 


Decentralised generation has big implications for distribution network
Decentralised generation has big implications for distribution network
20th September 2019 By: Schalk Burger

The electricity distribution network will become increasingly important – and has to become increasingly smart – to meet future electricity needs amid the growth of variable and decentralised... 


Kusile power plant project, South Africa
Kusile power plant project, South Africa
20th September 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

Eskom is in negotiations with mining houses for the proposed development of a cost-plus coal mine, solely for supplying coal to the new Kusile power station. 


PARTNER POTENTIAL A ZimTrade market survey identified vast opportunities in the processed foods and mining supplies sectors in Zambia
Zambia a potential market for Zim mining supplies
13th September 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

Zimbabwean companies in the mining supplies sector are being encouraged by the country’s national trade development and promotion organisation ZimTrade to take advantage of opportunities in the... 


More people refusing to pay their electricity bills
10th September 2019 By: Kim Cloete

Eskom is facing an uphill battle in Soweto, in Gauteng, as well as in other municipalities, where people are increasingly refusing to pay for electricity, with a sharp drop in payments since last... 


Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
6th September 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

The Medupi coal-fired power station has produced first power out of its last unit. 


FLAME ON
Varying degrees and configurations of fire were tested at the test site to complete the verification
Austrian institute verifies local suppression system
23rd August 2019 By: Halima Frost

Environmental solutions company I-CAT Fire Solutions in January this year commissioned the Institut fur Brandschutztechnik und Sicherheitsforschung, or the Institute for Fire Protection and... 


TRAFO Supplies Transformers For Data Centre Application
TRAFO Supplies Transformers For Data Centre Application
19th August 2019

Trafo Power Solutions recently supplied two 2000 kVA 11,6kV/415V dry-type transformers to a large data centre in the Cape Town ensuring reliable supply and energy savings. Data centres are energy... 


Eskom to resume replacing transformers in Ivory Park
7th August 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

State-owned Eskom has confirmed that it is ready to resume with operations to replace failed transformers in Ivory Park, in Johannesburg. The failing transformers are owing to illegal connections... 


Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
2nd August 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

ELB Engineering Services has been successful in assisting Eskom’s Medupi power station to bring the dust handling plants under control. 


Radical plan to stem Necsa losses proposed, then withdrawn, by board
26th July 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) suffered cumulative losses of R257.781-million in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years and is expected to announce an even larger loss of... 


Plan in place to deal with ongoing electricity supply disruptions in Gauteng
19th July 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

The Gauteng provincial government and State-owned Eskom have agreed to implement joint action to deal with ongoing disruptions in electricity supply in several areas within the province. The... 


An aerial view of Necsa’s Pelindaba complex
Radical plan to stem Necsa losses proposed and then withdrawn by board
17th July 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation suffered cumulative losses of R257.78-million in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years and is expected to announce an even larger loss of... 


Low voltage capacitor banks help reduce overall electricity demands
16th July 2019

In electrical networks, reactive energy results in increased line currents for a given active energy transmitted to loads. This, in turn, leads to a number of consequences, including oversized... 


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