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Keeping the power on in Africa is key to the continent’s economic success and the well-being of its people. It’s a 24/7/365 job largely performed by Eskom, which produces approximately 60% of the electricity on the African continent and is the 10th biggest power generating company in the world. And it carries with it enormous responsibility, not least of which is the prevention of fire at its power stations, which could lead to death, injury and the destruction of the facility, says...

It’s no secret that many surveillance installations often fall short after the initial installation and signoff are done. Cameras move, trees grow, circumstances and environments change, and there is normal wear and tear, dust on the lenses, etc to take care of. Strangely, not all customers budget for, or even want to have an SLA or maintenance plan to take care of their surveillance installation after the initial work is done. Understanding that there is still more to be done after the...

Back-breaking manual transportation of raw materials was, until the industrial revolution, the order of mining, agricultural, and manufacturing sectors throughout the world. Men and beasts bent double under the weight of their loads, lugging them from source to manufacturing plant, day in and day out. It was a large and slow labor force, fraught with human error and vulnerable to the weather, illness, and accidents. So, when conveyor belt technology started edging its way into production in the...

C3 Shared Services has been appointed by Bombardier to supply and install a combination of two military-grade technologies, namely Opgal’s thermal cameras combined with ioimage intelligent video analytics, to monitor the tracks and tunnels of the Gautrain rail. Opgal Thermal Cameras Thermal cameras were selected for their high probability of detection and low false alarm rate Due to the emphasis on a very high level of security along the Gautrain rail and in the tunnels, the main criteri...

In December 2012, power and automation technology group ABB won the order to supply a turnkey PV power plant to the Soutpan Solar Park project in Polokwane, which included design, engineering, installation, and commissioning. The park would generate 31 MW and would be among the first utility-scale photovoltaic power plants to be built in phase one of the government’s long-term renewable energy program, which aimed to reduce pollution and diversify South Africa’s energy mix. C3 Shar...

The Arnot Power Station will be protected by 370 of the Fike’s SigniFire IP cameras Fike’s camera-based SigniFire detection system is being deployed at Arnot Power Station in South Africa. SigniFire can visually detect the presence of flames within the field of view of the camera, reflected fire light when flames are obstructed, and the presence of pluming smoke clouds and ambient smoke. Located in Mpumalanga, the power station is operated by Eskom Holdings, which...