#South Africa

South Africa, Praetoria: SGB-SMIT POWER MATLA (SSPM) has achieved a phoenix milestone event by successfully testing a 45 MVA transformer.

South Africa: Zest WEG has recently custom designed and manufactured one of the largest mobile substations ever built in South Africa.

South Africa: Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd of South Africa looking to shortlist transformer manufacturers worldwide for potential supply of large power transformers.

Sweden: Hitachi Energy has announced that Tobias Hansson will assume the role of the country manager for Hitachi Energy in Sweden on 14 February 2022.

South Africa: Zest WEG has recently custom designed and manufactured one of the largest mobile substations ever built in South Africa.

South Africa, Mpumalanga: Eskom said a transformer exploded at the Camden power station on the morning of 29 December.

South Africa: UK Climate Investments has committed $19.8 M (£15 M) funding to support Revego Africa Energy Limited’s (Revego) long-term growth.

South Africa: Zest WEG is supplying South Africa’s Tetra4 project with transformers, switchgear and containerized modular substations.

South Africa, Pretoria: Trafo Power Solutions has supplied 10 dry-type transformers and two mini-substations to South Africa’s automotive industry.

South Africa: Eskom says it plans to add at least 30 GW of new generation capacity – mainly from solar and wind energy sources – to the system over the next 10 years.

South Africa: ZEST WEG is to supply specialised traction transformers for new substations serving rail lines in Gauteng and the Western Cape.

South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom and City Power have signed an MoU on a possible transfer of Johannesburg electricity distribution to City Power.

South Africa: Johannesburg: South African megacity Johannesburg is set to add 100 MW of electricity to its power supply.

South Africa, Pretoria: Trafo Power Solutions will supply two custom-engineered mini-substations to a motor plant expansion in Pretoria.

South Africa: Zest WEG will be supplying specialised traction transformers for new substations serving rail lines in Gauteng and the Western Cape.

South Africa, Western Cape: Eaton Africa’s switchgear is helping Shoprite keeping the cold storage warehouses up and running during loadshedding.

South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom announced a fire broke out at the Kendal power station in the early morning of 11 September, damaging several units.

South Africa, Jeffreys Bay: The new substation at Ocean View in Jeffreys Bay is set to provide more reliable electricity residents and businesses in the area.

South Africa: The unit was scheduled to ship in May of this year and estimated to arrive within 60 days.

South Africa, Cape Town: Was your transformer negatively impacted by the civil unrest that decimated many businesses in KZN and Gauteng in July?

South Africa: The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has announced plans to support embedded generation through construction of wind and solar plants.

South Africa, Cape Town: A South African hybrid fund Fortress REIT (Real Estate Investments) has launched a total of $61.5 M sustainability-linked bonds.

South Africa, Lephalale: Scarcely a week after Eskom proudly announced the completion of its Medupi coal-fired power plant disaster struck.

South Africa, Duduza: Eskom has restored power in Masechaba Section following after weeks without electricity.