by Dianne Bayley | Oct 10, 2021 | Sustainability
It is no longer a question of if, but when. The pressure on nations to cut their carbon emissions as climate change tightens its grip on the planet is no longer a topic only driven by environmental activists. At the end of October, world leaders with gather for the...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 16, 2021 | Sustainability
With sustainability at the heart of its business, Hitachi ABB Power Grids is committed to accelerating South Africa’s energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future, writes Malvin Naicker, MD, Hitachi ABB Power Grids. The government’s announcement of an...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 29, 2021 | Innovation
Eskom’s Chief Executive Officer, Andre de Ruyter, has warned that South Africa can expect another five years of load shedding as the country continues to face a shortfall of 4 000 megawatts, writes Justin Manson, Sales Director at Webfleet Solutions. Not only do these...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 17, 2021 | Sustainability
Utilities companies should be used to the occasional existential threat, writes Claudia Johnston, Sales Director at IFS Africa. It happened when monolithic phone companies had to adapt globally to the arrival of the internet, smartphones and competition from...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2021 | Innovation
The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife and Energy Programme, in partnership with Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, has designed and developed a unique drone-operated system to carry and deploy bird flight diverters, or ‘flappers’, which serve as markers...
