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Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, UK
Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, UK
7th August 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

RWE plans to build a 1.4 GW offshore wind farm 195 km from the UK coast's nearest point. 


CSIR rolls out local ventilator as part of Covid-19 response
24th July 2020 By: Irma Venter

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with a number of local partners, has completed work on a local ventilator to be rolled out nationwide to patients showing... 


Siemens Energy Free Webinar: 28 July 2020, 02:00 PM (CAT)
22nd July 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Join Siemens Energy for a free webinar to learn about current power generation trends and drivers in Africa’s key regions. Regional Power Generation experts will address the much-needed progress in... 


Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farm, Netherlands
Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farm, Netherlands
17th July 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Vattenfall is developing the first subsidy-free wind farms in the Netherlands.  


Siemens South Africa joins forces with the National Ventilator project community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
15th July 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Siemens Digital Industries Software provides support for the Product Lifecycle Management to facilitate rapid production scaling In collaboration with a number of local partners, production has... 


On-The-Air (10/07/2020)
On-The-Air (10/07/2020)
10th July 2020 By: Martin Creamer

The development of a Hydrogen Roadmap for South Africa got under way this week; A new Proudly South African Covid scanner speeds up the Covid screening process remarkably; and The Minerals Council... 


CSIR to roll out 10 000 locally made ventilators to hospitals
CSIR to roll out 10 000 locally made ventilators to hospitals
8th July 2020 By: Irma Venter

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with a number of local partners, has completed work on a local ventilator to be rolled out nationwide to patients showing... 


CSIR supports national COVID-19 response with locally developed ventilator
CSIR supports national COVID-19 response with locally developed ventilator
8th July 2020

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) – in collaboration with a number of local partners – has completed work on a... 


South African government initiates development of societal hydrogen roadmap
South African govt initiates process of developing societal hydrogen roadmap
7th July 2020 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has initiated a process, with other government and industry stakeholders, to develop a roadmap that will lead South Africa towards a... 


Digital Industries South Africa
3rd July 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Digital Industries South Africa have launched the next level of the Digital Enterprise series (DES). Following our successful event in 2019, we have initiated a platform to consolidate our latest... 


Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
3rd July 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The main transformer for the Perdekraal East Wind Farm has arrived by road from Pretoria, Gauteng. 


Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
12th June 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy has received no formal communication from Eskom with regard to it potentially not installing flue-gas desulphurisation systems at the... 


Free Webinar – Africa’s options for decarbonization and industrialization
10th June 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Join Siemens for a free interactive webinar and witness first-hand how their end to end power generation solutions can help you save energy, cut costs, lower carbon emissions and ensure... 


Free Webinar – Solutions for Africa’s energy future
10th June 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Join global and local experts for an interactive discussion on the constructive role that Siemens can play in enabling Africa to realise its growth and transformation plans. To register – click here 


Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
29th May 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Eskom is rolling out design modifications, made recently to units 3 to 6 of the Medupi power plant, rather than waiting for the results of an evaluation of the fixes, which is proceeding in parallel. 


Wind energy market set new installation record in 2019 with 63 GW added
27th May 2020 By: Donna Slater

According to its second edition of its annual 'Supply Side Analysis 2019' report, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) reports that in 2019 a new supply side record, in terms of capacity for the... 


Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
15th May 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Unit 3 at the Medupi power station is in operation. 


 	FIT FOR PURPOSE Applications can be installed on Edge devices regardless of the machine operating state without adverse effects
Cloud processing offered for various applications
8th May 2020

Automation company Siemens offers users the opportunity to close the gap between conventional local and cloud-based data processing, depending on individual requirements. With Edge computing, large... 


Berezovskaya gas-fired power plant, Belarus
Berezovskaya gas-fired power plant, Belarus
8th May 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The project entails the construction of a gas-fired power plant at the existing power plant location of the Berezovskaya combined heat and power plant, in Beloozersk. 


Volkswagen Zwickau-Mosel plant upgrade, Germany
Volkswagen Zwickau-Mosel plant upgrade, Germany
8th May 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Volkswagen's entire Zwickau factory, in Germany, is being converted from producing 100% internal combustion engines to 100% electric vehicles. 


Wind power likely a key building block for economic recovery
6th May 2020 By: Donna Slater

Wind energy representative organisation, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC,) along with signatories representing all the major international wind industry corporates and associations, reports... 


Siemens ready to help Africa with digitalisation challenges
Siemens ready to help Africa with digitalisation challenges
5th May 2020 By: Shannon de Ryhove

The effects of digitalisation are different worldwide, and Africa is no exception. German multinational Siemens senior VP for Digital Industries in Southern and Eastern Africa Ralf Leinen says... 


Painting lines on the workshop floor
1st May 2020 By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy

Sometime back, in 1994, when the new government had taken over, there was a great deal of backslapping and self-congratulation by new Parliamentarians and officials and settling in and stuff.... 


Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme – fourth window, South Africa
Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme – fourth window, South Africa
1st May 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

An update on the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme – fourth window. 


The GROB-NET4Industry from GROB Systems
Manufacturing execution system designed for Industry 4.0
30th April 2020

A range of modular components designed to meet the needs of industry 4.0 have been recently announced. The industry modules aim to allow for flexible and productive manufacturing that also... 


Deloitte Africa emerging markets MD Dr Martyn Davies
Covid-19 brings both challenges, opportunities for emerging markets
29th April 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Three prominent topics arose during a webinar hosted by consultancy Deloitte on April 29 around how emerging markets are responding to Covid-19 during the pandemic, as well as planning for the... 


Olkiluoto 3 European pressurised reactor project, Finland
Olkiluoto 3 European pressurised reactor project, Finland
24th April 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has applied to the Finnish nuclear regulator for permission to load fuel into the reactor of the project. 


Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
17th April 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The Perdekraal East Wind Farm installed its final wind turbine, two weeks ahead of schedule, on March 24. 


Kusile power plant project, South Africa
Kusile power plant project, South Africa
10th April 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

All work has been stopped on Kusile units 4, 5 and 6. 


Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
10th April 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Eskom did not shift its April 9 deadline for returning Medupi Unit 3 to service, despite work restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 


Siemens in solidarity with South Africa in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
7th April 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Siemens commits R500 000.00 to the Solidarity Response Fund to aid in the fight against coronavirus in South Africa Siemens Plays a part in helping to ‘flatten the curve’ of Coronavirus 


Energy Management made Easy
7th April 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

When people talk about Energy “Management” often what they are only referring to is Energy Monitoring, which means gathering energy power data (i.e. kW, kWh, Power Factor), visualizing this data,... 


The benefits of WinCC Audit
7th April 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

In industries, e.g. the pharmaceutical industry, or the food industry, there are various regulations regarding the traceability and documentation of production data. These include, among others,... 


Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
27th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Kangnas Wind Farm has completed the installation of all the wind turbines. 


Kusile power plant project, South Africa
Kusile power plant project, South Africa
27th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Eskom has yet to agree on a supply contract for the bulk of coal needed for the Kusile power station. 


Medupi power station project, South Africa
Medupi power station project, South Africa
27th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Commercial operation of the power plant is scheduled for November 2020. 


Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm, Scotland
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm, Scotland
13th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

EDF Renewables and ESB plan to build a wind farm in Fife. 


Dominion Energy Virginia offshore wind project, US
Dominion Energy Virginia offshore wind project, US
13th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Dominion Energy plans on building the biggest offshore wind project in the US to date. 


Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm, South Africa
6th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The turbine components have been successfully transported to the wind farms. 


Alstom in talks for $7bn buyout of Bombardier train unit
17th February 2020 By: Bloomberg

French train maker Alstom has confirmed it is in talks to acquire the rail business of embattled Canadian train and plane maker Bombardier, in a fresh attempt to bulk up against Chinese... 


Size of weighing unit scaled down
14th February 2020

A solution for intelligent weighing automation that measures 20 mm in width by 65 mm in height, is said to be one of the smallest weighing electronics units available. The device’s 1 000 Hz... 


Carmichael coal mine project, Australia
Carmichael coal mine project, Australia
14th February 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Siemens president and CEO Joe Kaeser said during a press conference this month that the company might not have decided to get involved in the Carmichael coal project, had it been aware of anticoal... 


BlackRock fails to assuage climate critics with Fink’s promises
11th February 2020 By: Bloomberg

Larry Fink said last month he would thrust climate change concerns to the center of BlackRock’s investment strategy. That didn’t stop activists from storming its Paris office on Monday. Protesters... 


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