Celebrating 150 years in the country this year, Siemens is turning it eyes towards South Africa's future beyond 2010. SA is playing a key role for Siemens in the development of the African continent. "We plan to invest up to R1-billion over the next two years in Southern Africa", said Stuart Clarkson, CEO of Siemens Southern Africa... (more)

In former years, a survey for a power line route over 150 km could take up to six months to complete. With modern technology the route can now be completed within a space of a few weeks, including setting out and undertaking the lidar survey... (more)

In Roman times, it would present a certain complication, if halfway through the devouring of the Christians by the lions the torches were all to go out because someone had short-changed the stadium for a nice little backhander... (more)

Imagine my sheer delight when I heard about a competition for innovative energy-saving ideas with a tidy little cash prize. The reward according to my engineer partner, however, was the prestige of producing a recognised award winning product... (more)

Fast-cycling (FACY) power plants respond rapidly to demand fluctuations - sparing time, money and the environment. For combined-cycle generation FACY is the future... (more)

Anyone seeing the huge completed structure today would probably conclude that that it was a hangar for a jumbo jet. They would not be far out. The aircraft the huge hangar was built for was every bit as revolutionary as the jumbo jet, and was roughly as big... (more)

While a generator can be a convenient source of power around the home or business, it can represent a serious threat to safety if installed incorrectly. So, before buying a generator, consider its application. This will determine its size or "capacity"... (more)

A new method for the determination of peroxides in oil developed by researchers at Nynas promises to become a useful tool for both product development and analysis. The method is especially attractive as it is designed to detect the very first oxidation products: peroxides... (more)

The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is moving from short term eneegy market (STEM) trading of electricity to a day-ahead market (DAM). SAPP has had to change its transmission pricing methodology to a method based on separate "entry" and "exit" charges... (more)

Embedded generators introduce a new paradigm in the electric power industry and change some of the assumptions on which networks have been designed and operated, particularly with respect to voltage control and protection... (more)