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New products for industrial standby
Leroy-Somer Electric Power Generation, a division of Emerson and global manu-
facturer of industrial alternators, has introduced Leroy-SomerTAL, a new series of
products dedicated to the commercial and industrial standby market.
ControlReg is the first integrated generator set controller and automatic voltage
regulator to hit the market.This new solution is the fruit of a partnership between
Leroy-Somer and DEIF, a leading generator control manufacturer. ControlReg will
be offered as a package with an alternator. ControlReg combines full-fledged gener-
ator set controls (such as start preparation,
start/stop sequences, fuel level) with typical
AVR (AutomaticVoltage Regulator) features:
voltage adjustment, U/f function, PID setting
or motor soft start.The ControlReg package,
which includes an industrial alternator,
cables and the ControlReg generator set
controller offers a complete solution for
generator sets manufacturers to ease and
speed up assembly time and configuration.
Enquiries: Email
Off-grid energy solution for primary school
With the attendance of the President’s Office, Gauteng Province, Department of
Energy, Department of Education and the IPP Office, the Government of South
Africa will officially inaugurate the SolarTurtle at the off-grid school in the informal
settlement of PalmRidge inMarch 2016. In 2015 the Gauteng Department of Educa-
tion (GDE) was approached with a new way of providing solar electricity to off-grid
schools. Other solar projects previously attempted saw their solar panels stolen or
vandalised within weeks.This next generation SolarTurtle- called the PowerTurtle
- provides a secure solution for Pheasant Folly Primary and the children attending.
With no grid connection, Pheasant Folly Primary School is powered by expensive
generators which are not sustainable within the school’s financial budgets, given
that fuel alone costs more than R2 000 per week.This is clearly not an ideal situ-
ation for the school or the environment, so a solution was desperately needed to
facilitate affordable energy access and continued learning. PowerTurtle is a unique,
container-based design which allows for unparalleled security. Morning sunshine
triggers the solar panels to roll out and a specially engineered rail system to unfold
inminutes. In the evenings the solar panels to slide back into the reinforced 6mship-
ping container for safe keeping.This pilot boasts an impressive sixteen 300W solar
PV panels (4,8 kW), the latest Freedom Lite lithium batteries and top-of-the-range
8,5 kW Schneider solar technology. An estimated 2 500 off-grid schools in Gauteng
require support - typically located in informal settlements across Gauteng. Crime and
vandalism have played major roles in the disuse of solar PV power in SouthAfrica.
Enquiries: LungelwaTyali, 072 321 9070 or email
Gas engine for flour mill
in Cameroon
U.K.-based Clarke Energy , GE’s new authorised
distributor of Jenbacher gas engines in Cam-
eroon, is supplying a 1,4 MW J420 Jenbacher
gas engine to Flour Mill SCTB to provide more
reliable, cost-effective, on-site power for the
company’s mills in the city of Douala. The Jen-
bacher unit will permanently replace existing
rented gas generators at the site, giving SCTB
a more cost-effective, permanent, on-site power
solution that will enable the company to save
more than $200 000 annually in fuel costs. The
system is scheduled to enter commercial service
in the second quarter of 2016.
Enquiries:
Email
New technology for
optical data transfer
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and
Aalto University, together with a group of con-
tributing local companies, are starting a new
Tekes-funded project on optical switching and
transmission technologies to improve the scal-
ability and energy-efficiency of data centres and
5G networks where the volumes of data transfer
grow exponentially. With the current data cen-
tre networking technologies, addressing the
exponential increase in data volume would lead
to an enormous magnification of the cost. The
new Tekes-funded project, Optical Information
Processing for Energy-Efficient Data Centres
(OPEC), focuses on the development of novel
optical components and technologies on VTT's
proprietary silicon photonics platform, as well
as new silicon wafer production and precision
assembly concepts.
Enquiries: Email
Sulzer promotes reduced
downtime at P&AM show
At this year’s Plant and Asset Management
show, which will be held at the NEC, Birming-
ham from 12 – 14 April, Sulzer will be show-
casing repair techniques for large rotating
equipment that reduce downtime. In addition
to offering the opportunity to meet Sulzer en-
gineering experts at their stand, the company
will be highlighting the repair services for me-
chanical plant, motors, generators and pumps
that can improve reliability and reduce the Total
Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Enquiries: Email
In October 2015 during its South Africa: Gas Options meeting, EnergyNet Ltd launched
the ‘Not Just Talking Fund for Energy Access’ with its advisors Impact Brands Africa,
Fieldstone and ERM. Its first investment was made in partnership with the IPP Office of
South Africa - awarded by the Honourable Minister for Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson MP
- to provide secure electricity for the primary school and its community
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