energy | Infrastructure news - Part 17

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Richard Wonnacott joins Umvoto Africa

Umvoto Africa, specialists in water, energy and earth sciences has got another boost with Richard Wonnacott, a geodesy specialist, joining the company as an Associate. The field of geodesy deals with the measurement and representation of the earth,...

AU happy with China’s involvement in Africa

African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Elham Mahmoud Ibrahim is appreciative of the infrastructure developments China is carrying out in Africa. “The cooperation between China and Africa is very clear in the area of...
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GMSA continues drive for greener manufacturing

General Motors South Africa (GMSA) is putting ‘greener’ cars on the road, thanks to significant reductions in the energy used to manufacture each vehicle – an achievement recognised recently with ENERGY STAR certification from the US Environmental...

Go green with Schneider

Schneider Electric has invited African students to take part in the Go Green in the City global business case challenge A total of 217 African students, representing 21 countries, have already signed up. The initiative focuses on innovative energy...

Smart metering for 10 million homes

One of the world’s largest water smart metering projects have selected Sensus to support one of the world’s largest water smart metering campaigns initiated by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in Britain, by supplying the core...

Passenger rail in SA attracting significant interest

Infrastructure-focused engineering consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff, part of the Balfour Beatty group, which has been active in South Africa’s energy and mining sectors for three decades, is aiming to diversify into the domestic railways market,...

SA attracts major consulting engineering firm

With ambitious targets for the development of 19GW of renewable energy in South Africa by 2030, foreign companies are showing increasing interest in the opportunities in this sector. Over the last three years, via the Renewable Energy Independent...

Energy effiency tax incentives launched

National Treasury published section 12L on 8 November 2013 in Government Gazette No. 37019. This puts into operation deductions of energy efficiency savings in terms of the Income Tax Act of 1962. This long-awaited announcement was welcomed by the...