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Authors: Rakhee Bhoora, Godfrey Malesa and Lucrecia Sadhaseevan – Fasken The World Health Organisation declared Covid -19 a global pandemic. In a blink of an eye, the world was turned upside down....
The main transformer for the 110 MW Perdekraal East Wind Farm, in the Western Cape, has arrived by road transportation from Pretoria, marking another important milestone in the project's...
A focus on application engineering allows Trafo Power Solutions to supply customised dry-type transformers for a range of sectors including renewable energy. “We begin at the proposal stage by...
Covid-19 and lockdown have strangled business and the economy over the past 2 to 3 months. Business now needs to leap to the defence of South Africa as Level 3 eases the lockdown against this...
Transnet’s upgrade of its port facility at Saldanha Bay will include dry-type transformers that are specially manufactured to suit the conditions at the project. To resist the corrosive sea air,...
A generator set installation at a Cape Town private hospital will soon be commissioned by Zest WEG, providing a plug-and-play solution with high reliability and minimal downtime. “In a design that...
Cargill Bioindustrial South Africa’s natural ester fluid production line in Isando, Gauteng, is complete, following the recent approval of an Eskom tender. Cargill will be the only local producer...
Evaluate the risk the shutdown posed to Critical Electrical Equipment (CEE) before you start up your plant after lockdown. During normal circumstances, a plant shutdown is a thoroughly planned...
A locally manufactured main power transformer was recently delivered to a wind farm project near Swellendam in the Western Cape. The local manufacture of the transformers gives project developers...
Acciona is building Spain’s first grid-connected floating photovoltaic solar plant.
Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, have urged mines, power generation operations and other machine-reliant industries to use the lockdown time constructively to upskill their maintenance...
Three transformers were recently designed, supplied and commissioned for a global beer maker’s expanded facility in Gauteng. These included a 1 250 kVA and a 1 600 kVA unit, both with 11 kV to 400...
In most power plants across Africa, clients prefer to install modular-type solutions, also known as containerised solutions or e-houses, and dry-type transformers fit “perfectly” within this scope,...
Mitigating risks on oil-filled transformers is a primary concern for various firms that make use of this high-value equipment. Although safety in the engineering of transformers is increasingly...
WearCheck, Africa’s leading condition monitoring specialists, is open for business during the COVID-19 lockdown as the company provides essential services to hospitals, transport, food producers,...
Trafo Power Solutions is supplying dry-type transformers to the Tippler 3 Project at the Saldanha iron ore load-out station.
Zest WEG delivered a locally manufactured main power transformer to a renewable energy project in the Western Cape. Significantly, the company operates two of the few local transformer...
A local transformer manufacturing facility has supplied 36 specialised photovoltaic (PV) transformers to a solar energy generation plant in the Northern Cape. Conventional distribution transformers...
A dry-type transformer mounted on a mobile skid was recently supplied in a specialised application on a coal mine. A specially designed, fit-for-purpose solution was required to meet the demands of...
The recent installation of an impulse voltage generator at a local transformer manufacturing facility in Heidelberg is a substantial investment that the company hopes will provide an important...
The link between a company’s long-term financial plan and its strategic plan are generally well understood. But what about the link to the long-term asset management plan – and does your...
In a specialised application on a coal mine, Trafo Power Solutions recently supplied a dry-type transformer mounted on a mobile skid. “The harsh environment of a coal mine required us to specially...
Dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions has delivered transformers and other electrical upgrades for a global beer maker’s expanded facility in Gauteng. In addition to supplying three...
One of the largest and busiest airports in Africa, OR Tambo International in Johannesburg, was plunged into temporary darkness on Sunday 12 December after a transformer at a substation in Kempton...
Zest WEG’s local transformer manufacturing facility has supplied 36 specialised photovoltaic (PV) transformers to a solar energy generation plant in the Northern Cape. This heralds Zest WEG’s...
The recent installation of an impulse voltage generator at Zest WEG’s transformer manufacturing facility in Heidelberg will allow in-house testing of transformers, saving time and money for...
Trafo Power Solutions was established to cater for the growing appetite and scope for the application of dry-type transformers in Africa. These power solutions are suitable across a wide range of...
Global warming and environmental pollution has intensified our need to recycle our limited natural resources and to extend the lifespan of the manufactured products we use. The lubricants industry...
London-listed Premier African Minerals’ 49%-owned RHA tungsten mine, in Zimbabwe, will have access to electricity to power all facets of the operations from early January. Zimbabwe Electricity...
The energy and electrical sectors should be at the forefront of innovation to reduce its impact on the environment, says diversified power management company Eaton South Africa’s Energy Saver...
Heat exchangers solution provider Kelvion’s new advanced diffusion bonded heat exchanger – K°Bond – offers a cutting-edge solution for the most challenging processes. Oil rigs, liquefied natural...
Kangas Wind Farm on Monday reported that construction of the Groeipunt transmission substation was 80% complete and on track to be handed over to State-owned power utility Eskom in March 2020....
Kangas Wind Farm on Monday reported that construction of the Groeipunt transmission substation was 80% complete and on track to be handed over to State-owned power utility Eskom in March 2020....
Consulation is a specialist in the supply and distribution of electro-mechanical insulating materials solutions. We stock, supply and distribute a wide range of insulating materials for sectors...
State-owned electricity producer Eskom is warning that the generation roadmap contained in the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019) will require a material acceleration in the pace of...
State-owned electricity producer Eskom is warning that the generation roadmap contained in the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019) will require a material acceleration in the pace of...
Condition monitoring specialists reduce maintenance costs. Africa’s leading oil condition monitoring company, WearCheck, has been in business for over 40 years.
A new 435 m² machine shop workshop and transformer department at Marthinusen & Coutts’ facility in Kitwe, Zambia will further improve the quality and turnaround time of its offerings in the region....
e newly developed WEG 11 kV variable-speed drive (VSD) – which forms part of WEG Automation Africa’s new MVW3000 product line – is particularly suited to retrofit applications, notes WEG Automation...
Is the present you looking after the future you? Fundamentally, this is what investment in data now means for your business in the future. Consider what could happen if one of the sensors on a...
Construction of the new Data Centre for Orange Botswana is well underway, with this fast track construction project being undertaken by Concor Buildings set to deliver the Tier III Data Centre...
Perdekraal East Wind Farm has celebrated the erection of its first wind turbine.
The Akademik Lomonosov has arrived at the port of its permanent location in Pevek, Chukotka, in the far east of Russia.
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