by Dianne Bayley | Sep 23, 2019 | Sustainability
Hospitals are reliant on continuous energy supply and cannot afford the potential disaster that could ensue if power fails within the infrastructure. This is why microgrid systems are globally being instituted within the healthcare industry to provide large amounts of...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 17, 2019 | Sustainability
The Carbon Tax Act has recently come into effect in South Africa with the aim of penalising large emitters of greenhouse gases to minimise the climate risks that hydrocarbon fuels present. This, however, has a knock-on effect on consumers in the form of raised fuel...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 12, 2019 | Sustainability
An optimal energy mix for Africa relies on a variety of generation technologies. In fact, writes Paul Grota, Director: Industrial, Power & Project Medupi, WSP, Power, Africa, a 2015 report from McKinsey estimated that if every country in Africa had to build to...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 3, 2019 | Security and Legal
By Carey-Anne Jennings, a Partner & Seshree Govender, a Senior Associate at Webber Wentzel While there has been a marked increase in the number of renewable energy projects being funded globally, these are traditionally larger projects generating in excess of 5MW,...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 19, 2019 | Sustainability
By Marleze van Loggerenberg, Head of Business Development: Africa, Wipro Limited The rise of the prosumer – a trend that has been gathering momentum in Europe in recent times – could well be the answer to a multitude of challenges faced by the power utilities in...