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Engineering News Online provides real time news reportage through originated written, video & audio material. Now you can listen to the top three articles on Engineering News at the end of each day.

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02:47

Stage 16 loadshedding code seeks to reduce human...

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2024/04/16

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has belatedly moved to quell concern that its recent approval of a new loadshedding code of practice, which increases the number of potential stages from eight to 16, represents a signal that the prospect for higher levels of loadshedding is imminent. Following extensive public

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03:53

Volkswagen to invest R4bn to produce third model at...

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2024/04/16

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) will invest R4-billion in its manufacturing plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape. The investment will be used to prepare the plant for the addition of a third model to the company's production line-up from early 2027. The third model, which will be a compact sports-utility vehicle (SUV), will be

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03:08

South Africa's ranking in World Energy Trilemma Index...

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2024/04/16

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. South Africa has fallen to sixty-ninth from sixty-fourth on the World Energy Council's (WEC's) latest World Energy Trilemma Index which ranks more than 100 countries against the three key dimensions of energy security, equity and environmental sustainability. The index is included in the 'World Energy Trilemma 2024' report, released on

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02:33

Millennials, Gen-Zs want cars, but are struggling to...

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2024/04/15

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.Young South Africans, aged 35 and younger, are demonstrating a growing preference for private mobility. This is evident in recent WesBank data that shows a consistent increase over the past three years in the number of vehicle finance applications for new and pre-owned cars by Millennials and Gen-Zs. This upward trajectory was tracked

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03:51

Tiger Brands unveils brand new Black Cat peanut...

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2024/04/12

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.Food processing company Tiger Brands has unveiled a new peanut butter manufacturing facility for its Black Cat brand in Chamdor, Krugersdorp. Having moved from another facility in Randfontein, the company has invested R300-million in the new facility that offers more space, increased peanut processing capability and the opportunity for

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10:56

Terence Creamer discusses: Electricity outlook for...

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2024/04/12

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the halt in loadshedding over recent weeks; what South Africans should expect for the higher-demand winter period; and the longer-term outlook for South Africa's electricity sector.

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03:01

Contract negotiations for Secunda sustainable...

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2024/04/11

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Contractual negotiations are under way between the developers of the HySHiFT sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project, in Mpumalanga, and the intermediary company set up under Germany's H2Global scheme, known as Hintco, which enters into long-term purchase contracts for clean hydrogen and derivatives such as ammonia, methanol and

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02:46

Cape Town takes second stab at rolling out electric...

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2024/04/10

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The City of Cape Town should have battery electric buses (e-buses) operational on its MyCiTi bus service by 2027, says Urban Mobility MMC Rob Quintas. It will be the city's second stab at rolling out the zero-emission technology, following an unsuccessful attempt as an early adopter in 2018. E-buses has since experienced significant

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02:51

South African fossil fuel subsidies hit record R118bn...

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2024/04/10

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. A new study has found that South Africa's fossil fuel subsidies tripled between 2018 and 2023, rising to R118-billion from R39-billion over the period, with subsidies having been increased largely in response to the surge in fuel prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Titled 'Blackouts and Backsliding: Energy Subsidies

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04:29

Eskom aims to keep breakdowns below 14 GW this winter...

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2024/04/09

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. State-owned electricity utility Eskom will reduce planned maintenance to 3 000 MW during the upcoming winter season and will seek to keep unplanned breakdowns to below 14 000 MW in a bid to navigate the high-demand period with limited loadshedding. During the summer period, from September to the end of March, the utility set a target

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03:01

Sasol granted permission to use load-based limit to...

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2024/04/08

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has granted Sasol South Africa permission to employ a load-based limit to regulate the sulphur dioxide (SO2) of its Secunda boilers in a decision upholding the JSE-listed group's appeal of an earlier National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) determination stipulating the use of

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04:10

Globeleq says R5.7bn Red Sands will be largest...

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2024/04/05

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.Leading African independent power producer Globeleq says the 153 MW/612 MWh Red Sands project, which was recently awarded preferred bidder status under South Africa's inaugural battery storage public procurement round, will be the largest standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) in Africa and will carry an investment value of

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07:19

Terence Creamer talks about battery storage and...

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2024/04/05

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the latest developments with regard to the procurement of new electricity generation capacity and storage.

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02:15

All conditions met for separation of NTCSA, but April...

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2024/04/04

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. All the suspensive conditions opening the way for the National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) to be constituted as a separate, distinct and wholly-owned subsidiary of Eskom Holdings have been met, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati have announced in a joint statement. Still

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03:40

Bell Equipment advances contract manufacturing...

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2024/04/03

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Heavy equipment manufacturer Bell Equipment has been growing its business organically by investing in the development and enhancement of products, increasing market share in key regions, such as the Middle East, and growing the Bell Heavy Industries (BHI) contract manufacturing business. Bell Equipment CEO Ashley Bell tells Engineering

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03:18

BLSA calls for immediate reworking of IRP, describing...

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2024/04/02

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), whose members include the largest domestic and foreign companies operating in South Africa, has added its voice to a growing chorus of opposition to the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP 2023) and has called for it to be "revised immediately". Writing in her weekly newsletter, CEO

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02:43

Third battery storage programme seeks bids for five...

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2024/04/02

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has launched South Africa's third public procurement round for utility-scale batteries, while also extending the bid submission deadline for Bid Window Two (BW2) of the Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP) launched in December, and

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02:45

Release of Gas Master Plan approved at Cabinet's last...

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2024/03/28

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.Cabinet approved the publication of the long-awaited Gas Master Plan for public comment during what was the last formal meeting of the executive ahead of the May 29 election. However, Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni indicated that special Cabinet meetings could still be convened should the need arise. The master plan,

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09:02

Terence Creamer talks about rail, ports reforms...

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2024/03/28

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the key reforms being pursued across the rail and ports sectors; the recent publication of a rail network statement and the subsequent concerns raised; and Transnet's owns recovery plan.

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03:38

Energy major gears up to roll out solar across retail...

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2024/03/28

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Energy group bp Southern Africa (bpSA) has set the expansion of its service station network in South Africa as a key priority as it moves to mark its centenary in a country where it first began operating on May 9, 1924. Communications and external affairs head Hamlet Morule tells Engineering News that bpSA intends rolling out 15 new

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