65 motors supplied to wastewater plant expansion project
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SA has no current plans to discontinue use of coal
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Zest Weg delivers its biggest mobile substation yet
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South Africa’s emergency power procurement clears legal hurdle
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Eskom’s latest price increase request is a threat to South Africa’s SME sector
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7 GW installed power capacity milestone reached in Africa
THE technology group Wärtsilä first began its Africa operations in Tanzania back in 1975. Since then, the group has delivered more than 600 installations, supplied...
Eskom’s request to pollute above legal limits denied, impacts ability to provide electricity
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Earlier this...
Installation of MV board minimises downtime
IN a process that minimised disruption to the customer’s plant, Zest WEG has supplied one of its locally manufactured MTW05 Medium Voltage (MV) switchboards...
Turnkey natural gas power plant
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