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Renewable energy sources will never provide the energy the world needs. The technology of the future is
Coal
4%
Wind
9%
Gas
1%
Nuclear
15%
Solar
16%
Bio fuels
3%
A combination of the above
51%
Total votes: 231

2009

Excellence Awards 2009

:nodate:The ESI Africa Excellence Awards were established in 2000, when Spintelligent recognised the need to introduce an award recognising service (and product) excellence in the electricity supply industry.

Each year a survey is conducted among municipalities and large industrial energy ...

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An argument for the introduction of IPPs in the South African electricity industry

By Marc Goldstein, Frost & Sullivan Energy Analyst

BACKGROUND
Due to socio-economic pressures, state-owned electricity companies typically set prices that are too low to finance new investment. This creates additional problems when private investment is...

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Sugar waste provides rich source of renewable energy

As natural fossil fuel resources are rapidly depleting and energy costs ever increasing, it is critical for South Africa to address the use of biofuels to supplement the energy sources currently being used.

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Rural electrification: the integrated management approach

By Eric Maxwell, Marketing Manager, Manitoba Hydro International

The underlying premise of Rural Electrification (RE) is based upon a common understanding that the extension of electricity grids into rural locations is required, in order to stimulate economic gro...

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AMI and energy saving in South Africa

By Edison M Makwarela (Pr Tech Eng), Senior Consultant, Industry Association Resource Centre

BACKGROUND
Recent generating capacity constraints in South Africa is undoubtedly fast ushering in a new way of energy metering in the country in an...

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Iskraemeco solutions and the smart grid vision

Electrical energy consumers are demanding better customer service, better power quality, higher energy measurement accuracy and more timely data. Utilities all over the world are being forced to find solutions to getting more information on the population’s power consumption.


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Telemanagement solution for public lighting networks

In most cities in South Africa, as well as around the world, the maintenance of Public Lighting systems is an ongoing irritation and frustration to the operators. Many problems plague the management process, including lights using electricity at times when they are not needed; lights malfunctioni...

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Conceptual prepayment remote metering for Eskom to minimise revenue losses

By Edison Makwarela, NHD (Elec. Eng); B.Tech (Power Eng); MDP (UP); MBA (UP) Discipline Specialist – Prepayment, Eskom Distribution Technology

This article proposes and discusses the ideal remote metering in the prepayment environment as a suggested technic...

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