Wind Energy Test Equipment Market Grows - By Sivakumar Narayanaswamy
With increasing awareness of the impact of climate change and depletion of natural resources, alternatives energy sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal energy, as well as biofuels...
The Tanzanian Electricity Industry Needs Enduring solutions - By Vincent Maposa,
Tanzania, East Africa's second largest economy, is currently experiencing power shortages that are anticipated to restrain the country's potential for economic growth. The power shortages have resulted in up to 12 hours...
Six Disciplines for a Successful Power Sector Reform - By Dr. Sam Amadi
The anticipation of increase in electricity tariffs by the electricity regulatory commission has caused significant public concern. Proposed increase in price of any product, especially a basic product like electricity...
Large Scale Energy Storage and the Renewable Energy Problem - By. Tom Murphy
As we look to transition away from fossil fuels, solar and wind are attractive options. Key factors making them compelling are: the inexhaustibility of the source with use...
Africa's Energy Future Heading Down a Dark Tunne - By Terri Hathaway
The Conference of Energy Ministers in Africa-a two-year old institution recognized by the African Union and donors as the official voice of Africa's energy future-recently met ...
Advanced Remote Monitoring for Industrial and Utility Environments - By Tim Craven
In today’s industrial networks safety, security, reliability and traceability are key components of an efficient and productive environment. Since 2001 IV&C (Industrial Video and Control) have...
Where is the World Bank’s energy sector strategy headed? - By Paulina Garzon
As the World Bank (WB) goes through a crisis of relevance in the face of new lenders with greater financial capabilities and fewer rules, it is also widely recognized as...
Nuclear Power Will Lead to Economic Ruin - By Glenn Ashton
The technocrats are on the ascent and nuclear power is yet again on the cards for South Africa. How has the moratorium of 2008 been reversed? How can nuclear power...
The Solar PV Gold Rush to South Africa - By Dominic Goncalves
South Africa’s 20 year master energy plan, the IRP, was finalized in March, 2011, after much public comment and debate. The distinct winner for the plan is solar PV...
Who Will Pay for Country's New Electricity Plan? - By Saliem Fakir
Recently the South African Cabinet approved the new 20-year electricity plan also called the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010-2030). Without getting into too much detail about the new plan...
Most of the solar energy systems on the market today bare two major weaknesses: they require vast land areas in order to be built, and the costs related to solar cells fabrication and maintenance...
Does the IRP 2010 ensure a fair electricity system - By Cornelis van der Waal
The integrated resource plan IRP 2010 can be viewed from many angles and will most likely not provide a perfect solution to everyone. However, it is easy for one to sit on the side-line and criticise...
South Africa Sets The Stage In The Renewable Energy Market - By Ross Bruton
The renewable energy sector within Southern Africa is significantly undeveloped. Although northern countries of the SADC region rely largely on...
Intelligent Energy Management for the Home
In order to save energy, consumers need to be able to obtain up-to-date information at any time about the energy consumption of their appliances, and be able to control them while away...
Wind power as a long-term energy source
According to Wind Power in View, a new book by Academic Press, Wind energy is one of the world's fastest growing sources of energy, with the manufacture, installation, and operation...
Power factor correction reduces electricity costs
Up until fairly recently, the return on investment for power factor correction equipment, in commercial and industrial applications, was unacceptably long for most company executives...
Its a must to purify and regenerate oil transformers
As transformer oil ages, it oxidizes and begins to break down. The by-products of the degradation process include acids, aldehydes, and peroxides, which bind together to form sludge...
New solar energy conversion process could double solar efficiency
A new process that simultaneously combines the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity could offer more than double the efficiency of existing solar cell technology...
Electricity hikes will increase interest in building management systems By Linda Harding
With the announcement recently that South Africa's electricity tariffs will be increasing by around 25% a year over the next three years, energy efficiency has become a key business concern.
There are more than 4 billion mobile connections worldwide. Over the coming years, many more millions of people at the "base of the economic pyramid" are expected to acquire mobile phones...
Hidden Costs of Energy Production and Use
A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates "hidden" costs of energy production and use...
Can South Africa catch up to the North African wind powerhouses? - by Sipha Ndawonde
The announcement earlier this year of the renewable energy feed-in-tariff for South Africa was a progressive step by energy policy makers...