#South Africa

South Africa, Cape Town: South Africa’s electricity provider Eskom announced it will increase its investment to $21 billion over the next five years.

South Africa, Gauteng: A fire that broke out on Friday morning at the Rynfield substation has left parts of Benoni in the Ekurhuleni municipality without electricity.

South Africa: South African supplier of electrical equipment and services Actom Power Transformers will be installing 157 custom-made transformers for three new wind farms, which is scheduled for completion in April 2016.

South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom has installed a $10 million transformer in Arconhoek in Mpumalanga province in a bid to ensure reliable power supply to the communities in rural Bushbuckridge local municipality.

South Africa: South Africa’s largest utility company Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. signed a 150 million-euro (nearly $160 million) credit agreement with France’s development agency to enhance reliability of the power grid and help the power company improve distribution of electricity.

South Africa, Johannesburg: City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s power utility, is planning to spend more than $35 million over the next three years on…

South Africa, Mpumalanga: South Africa’s electric utility Eskom has installed and commissioned a new transformer at the Acornhoek substation in Bushbuckridge as part of its plans to upgrade electricity infrastructure and boost the power supply in Northern Mpumalanga.

South Africa, Mpumalanga: South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has granted an integrated environmental authorisation (IEA) for the construction of the 600 MW KiPower coal-fired independent power plant near Delmas, a town situated east of Johannesburg in Mpumalanga.

South Africa, Boksburg: ACTOM Power Transformers will be supplying three 315 MVA, 275 kV/88 kV/22 kV autotransformers for installation in the new 400 kV/275 kV/132 kV Sebenza intake substation currently under construction next to Kelvin power station near Kempton Park in the Gauteng province.

Global transformer manufacturers engaged in the business of transformer production and distribution in Africa have been focusing their attention on developing and expanding their local production capacities in order to position themselves in the Africa’s surging transformer market and respond to the growing demand for this critical electrical equipment.

The South African electrical equipment supplier and manufacturer Zest WEG, part of Brazilian WEG Group, is looking for more acquisitions in Africa, having recently completed a transaction to buy TSS Transformers, which increases the range and scale of transformers on offer from the company.

Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has established a state-of-the-art Transformer Oil (TFO) testing laboratory in South Africa. They provide services to clients in Sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide.

South Africa: Two open-gas power plants, Dedisa and Avon, initiated under the South African government’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in 2010, are ready to supply the South African power grid with an additional 1,000 MW of power.

South Africa, Johannesburg: South Africa’s only nuclear power plant Koeberg has left without nearly 1,000 MW of electricity due to a technical failure in the main generator transformer.