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Backup power solutions and supply
Since 1993, Diesel Electric Services (Pty) Ltd has specialised in the design, manufacture, delivery, installation, commissioning and after sales service of power generation equipment.
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WHETHER companies need power to survive loadshedding or to raise their production output, the trend is for these power generating systems to get bigger.
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The reduction in load shedding of late has left South Africans unsure about how to feel, with emotions ranging from elation to mistrust and...
Northern Cape has potential to contribute more to economic growth
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says the Northern Cape is expected to play a big role in South Africa’s mining and energy...
Power grid records improvements
Although the demand for electricity is increasing, Eskom is able to maintain a much lower stage of load shedding due to the improvement of...
Eskom welcomes DFFE decision on Minimum Emission Standards
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The seven most expensive words in low voltage assembly!!!
‘We have always done it that way ….’
By Ludi Erasmus, Director of Modulêr Electrical Assemblies.
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