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LA Series Motor Protection Relay
Designed to replace the conventional thermal bimetal protection device this electronic version is far more accurate and longer lasting than anything used before. Newelec’s LA Series is designed to be user-friendly...
Volvo Trucks’ first extra heavy electric truck on SA roads
VOLVO Trucks South Africa is currently busy with the homologation of its first extra-heavy electric truck units locally. Plans are to present the first of these vehicles to a local customer,...
Understanding alternative power sources
ACCORDING to Gregor Kuepper, Managing Director of SOLARWORLD Africa, there has been a marked uptake in renewable energy solutions following the recent bout of stage 6 loadshedding. “Solar used to be...
For deep-sea mining, battery technology is the ultimate x-factor
DEEP-sea mining is frequently framed as a race to the seafloor. While that is not technically true–deep-sea mining has, in fact, been incredibly slow to develop as an industry, with nearly...
$14 billion battery cell order for Swedish gigafactory from VW
NORTHVOLT and Volkswagen Group have unveiled the next step in the partnership between the two companies, which was initiated in 2019. The collaboration will place a greater focus on Northvolt’s gigafactory...
When not just any battery will do
Only high quality batteries from reputable suppliers should be used for security and other mission critical equipment to avoid potentially costly failures.
This is according to the director of one of the...
Cell tower battery theft causing mayhem for MTN users across SA
The operation of cellphone networks are being hampered as criminal syndicates targeting cellphone towers to steal their batteries across South Africa.
This year alone, 153 batteries were stolen in Cape Town, 34...
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Two SAB plants get R5.8 billion upgrades
The R5.8 billion investment commitment made by South African Breweries (SAB) has been utilised to increase capacity at two of its plants.
The company said...
