Qualifying articles are limited to those by authors in South Africa, and exclude company white papers or information supplied under a company name.

The EE Publishers editorial committee has chosen what it considers to be the top five qualifying articles of 2015 (below), and requests your participation in choosing the best article from these finalists.

The 20th person that selects a potential winner from the papers below will win R1000 sponsored by EE Publishers.

The author of the winning paper will receive a Canon i-SENSYS MF 8280Cw series device valued at about R4000, kindly sponsored by Canon.

The finalists chosen by the EE Publishers editorial committee, in order of publication date, are:

Ethernet has become, without a doubt, the standard for communications networks around the world, whether for utility, industrial, ITS or any other mission critical application. Moving to ethernet rather than the more traditional serial communications has changed the way.... (more) (vote)

This article summarises the introduction of the renewable energy independent power producer (REIPPP) programme in South Africa and the Eskom renewable energy grid integration process. It also addresses the technical evaluations considered by Eskom and how to... (more) (vote)

There is a lot of chatter about whether to put "this solar thing" on rooftops. Often, however, the full impact of such an intervention is not understood, and so the differences between the solar options should first be clarified. Solar thermal applications are energy saving... (more) (vote)
 

Mention the word "Medupi", and faces go red with embarrassment, angers flare and all kinds of comments and explanations are offered. The reality is that we need additional supply capacity, that we are facing all kinds of challenges to build new power stations and implement... (more) (vote)

by Steven Lara-Lee Lumley, WearCheck Africa 

The development of regional gas-fields will lead to natural gas becoming a more significant fuel source in South Africa. Natural gas, while not renewable, is an abundant, clean low-carbon fossil fuel that is projected to become a significant fossil energy medium in the next 50... (more) (vote)