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E-Newsletter for the Power and Energy Sectors of Southern Africa        Issue 26  September 2009
Renewable synergy (or lack of it)...
by Mike Rycroft, editor
 
Mike RycroftThe latest round of REFIT tariffs will close the curtain on the first chapter of the renewal energy pricing saga. Although the REFIT 2 tariffs have not been finalised, the published figures give a fairly good indication of where things are heading. The question is what next? Not a single PPA has yet been signed for any of the technologies mentioned... (more)
New concerns on the state of the electricity supply industry in South Africa
by Chris Yelland, managing director of EE Publishers

Ian McRaeIn this interview, Chris Yelland, questions Dr. Ian McRae on the state of the electricity supply industry and the electricity issues facing South Africa. Dr. McRae was chief executive of Eskom from 1985 to 1994, and was subsequently the first executive chairman and chief executive of the NER (National Electricity Regulator) from 1995 to 1997... (more)

CIGRÉ 2009 keynote address
by Erica Johnson, Eskom 

Erica JohnsonErica Johnson, Eskom's chief officer, Customer Network Business, gave the opening keynote address at the 6th CIGRÉ Southern African Regional Conference, held in Somerset West from 17 - 21 August 2009. A shortened version of her challenging keynote address follows... (more)
Independent power producers (IPPs) organise collectively to take on Eskom
by Chris Yelland, managing director of EE Publishers
 
Doug KuniIn this interview, Chris Yelland questions Doug Kuni, formerly from Eskom Generation, now a private consultant and managing director of the newly formed South African Independent Power Producers Association (SAIPPA), on the issues surrounding Eskom and IPPs in South Africa... (more)
The Westcor project - a question of equity?
by Chris Yelland, EE Publishers

Following recent media reports on the Westcor Project to bring power from the Congo River to South Africa, this article considers factors that may be inhibiting progress, and examines why the Westcor dream may be unachievable in its current format... (more)

Desert power for Europe
Information from Siemens

Within six  hours the desert regions receive more energy from the sun than mankind consumes within a year. An area measuring 300 x 300 km fitted with parabolic mirrors would be sufficient to meet the world's entire power demand... (more)

Powering the future: Winds of change, or a lot of hot air? (Part 3)
by CM Meyer, technical journalist

Denmark has managed to use far more wind power than what the German studies suggest is possible - roughly 20% of Denmark's electricity demand by the end of 2007?... (more)

Waste as an energy source in South Africa   
Information from BioTherm Energy    

The historically low electricity tariff of South Africa was considered a competitive advantage. But as with any commodity which is obtained below its true market value, the low tariffs may have resulted in electricity being taken for granted... (more)

The future of energy in Africa: Winds of change
 by Jay Wileman, GE Energy
 
Energy security is best achieved by diversification - of geographic sources, fuel types and technologies - so that the potential impact from disruption in any one source is minimized...(more)
Slaying the dragon - can we leave better than we found?
by Alderman Clive Justus, City of Cape Town
 
The theft of critical infrastructure such as copper cabling, brass valves, lead batteries, manhole covers, water meters, copper piping and the like has preceded the economic meltdown and therefore cannot be blamed for the current situation... (more)
Using technology to improve revenue
by J H Götze, Motla Engineering
 
The data provided to meter readers is almost always inaccurate, with inaccurate addresses, wrong meters linked to the address, inaccurate GIS information, incorrect previous readings and history - to mention a few... (more)
Improved measurement and effective balancing of energy flows to reduce electricity theft 
by J Pillai, S Govender, EON Consulting, D John and B Ramokgopa, Eskom Distribution
 
Compounding the energy loss situation is the increasing motivation from customers, stemming from rising energy prices, to reduce their electricity bill by illegal methods... (more)
A revenue protection success story - eThekwini
by Eric Saayman, Itron
 
The department's revenue protection division is tasked, among others, with meeting these objectives of revenue protection. Tampering constitutes one of the biggest challenges within the prepayment meter domain... (more)
Securing services income in a South African city
by Mark Wilson, City of Ekurhuleni
 
A municipality caneasily end up in a situation whereby "revenue-loss supportive processes" lead to losses which can go undetected for extended periods, e.g. the creation of new services customers, which through a failure in processes, never receive a bill... (more)
Successfully prosecuting electricity offenders 
by Nerita Parbhoo, Jayesh Pillai, EON Consulting, and Hinesh Madhoo, Eskom Distribution
 
The economic situation has caused a steady rise in non-payment for services, illegal connections/reconnections, cable theft, tampering of meters and many more offences which have a direct impact on revenue... (more)
Increasing municipal revenue: Implementation of a risk approach
by Ronalda Fisher, PSU International
 
Public Services and Utilities International (PSU) has worked on a number of revenue management projects during the last two years and the results produced are evidence that the field of revenue management has shifted into higher gear... (more)
Combating non-ferrous metal theft - the City Of Cape Town story
by Pieter van Dalen, member of parliament for Kuilsriver
 
In the financial year 2006/2007, the City of Cape Town lost R22-million due to non-ferrous thefts. However, since the establishment of the "Copperheads", we have only recorded losses of R500 000 for the financial year 2007/2008... (more)
Institute and industry news
Views, comment and opinion
Company and product news
 
1 MWp photovoltaic plant in Italy
Conferences, exhibitions and training

Employers seek the following skilled candidates for full-time positions...

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AFG0001: Service manager - surveying instrumentation
AVN0001: Electronics field applications engineer
CPS0001: Sales executive to the surveying industry
COM0001: Sales eng, telecomm, networking & monitoring solutions
CON0001: Business development manager - power industry
COU0001: Satellite mission control specialist / manager
DEN0001: Sales, marketing and business development executive
ELE0003: Automation and control consultant
ELE0002: Sales manager - LV switchgear and control components
ELE0001: Workshop technician - LV switchgear and instrumentation
END0003: Projects & solutions consultant for inst & automation
END0002: Training officer for pressure measurement and control
ENZ0001: Prof power eng - specification, design & engineering
EXT0001: Internal sales engineer - explosion protection systems
FOX0001: Electronics technician in the instrumentation sector
GFI0001: Mine engineering manager - electrical & surface
ISO0001: Junior sales and admininistration clerk in electrical sector
MOD0001: Electronics design eng, inverter welders & power electronics
MON0001: Maintenanace artisan - electrician, fitter, millwright
OEN0001: Analyser & instrument technician
OPT0001: Sales consultant: survey & mapping
PAN0001: Technician engineer - LV switchgear, distribution & MCCs
PAR0001: Principal eng, transmission & distribution protection design
PAR0002: Senior protection engineer for firm of consulting engineers
REL0001: Consultant for protection, generation & excitation systems
RWE0001: Test technician - medium voltage switchgear
SAS0001: Senior elec eng with management skills - petrochem sector
SPO0001: Elec eng, project management skills, building services
SYS0001: Systems eng, power, instrumentation & automation
SYS0002: Electrical engineer - power and instrumentation industry
SYS0003: Project engineer - power and instrumentation industry
VTT0001: Electronics service technician
WIL0002: Technical sales and marketing consultant
WIL0003: Branch manager for electrical and industrial company
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In this issue...
- Renewable synergy (or lack of it)...
- New concerns on the state of the electricity supply industry in South Africa
- CIGRE 2009 keynote address
- Independent power producers (IPPs) organise collectively to take on Eskom
- Desert power for Europe
- Powering the future: Winds of change, or a lot of hot air? (Part 3)
- Waste as an energy source in South Africa
- The future of energy in Africa
- Slaying the dragon - can we leave better than we found?
- Using technology to improve revenue
- Improved measurement and effective balancing of energy flows
- A revenue protection success story
- Securing services income in a South African city
- Successfully prosecuting electricity offenders
- Increasing municipal revenue: Implementation of a risk approach
- Combating non-ferrous metal theft
- Institute and industry news
- Views, comment and opinion
- Company and product news
- Conferences, exhibitions and training
- Employers seek the following skilled candidates for full-time positions...
 
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