Electricity and Control April 2024

ENERGY MANAGEMENT + THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT

the economy and the country. Certainly, there are lessons to be learned already from the closure of the Komati Power Station and the impact this has had on the businesses that were built up to serve the power station and the communi ties around it. It is clear that we need to be wary of the pre mature closure of coal-fired power stations. What we need is effective planning and the implementation of alternative business opportunities ahead of such closure. It is a diffi cult timing balance. Our view is that we need to look at the JET more holistically to support growth.” In closing Govender said, “SAWEA is excited to see the start of construction on the new Impofu wind farms in the Eastern Cape, the first wind energy projects to break ground in five years! And we look forward to more progress in new wind energy generation in the coming months and beyond.” □

Plan, or the Electricity Recovery Plan set out by the Minister of Electricity. “We will request an overhaul of the IRP 2023, taking ac count of the questions and concerns as I have outlined,” Govender says. “And we will request the opportunity to re view a revised IRP 2023 before the process is closed from public consideration and processed through parliament. “We see this a critical concern for the country’s future and for GDP growth and socioeconomic development and, as such, it deserves due time and consideration to gather the shared commitment of all stakeholders. The IRP 2023 needs to give us a realistic, clear and constructive guide line for policy that industry and prospective investors can count on and work with,” he says. Asked to comment, as an aside, on the country’s Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan (JET IP) Govender said: “Fundamentally, SAWEA is fully supportive of the Just Energy Transition, but here too, we believe a fresh perspec tive is called for, where we consider the bigger picture for BEKA Schréder’s lighting control solution, Schréder ITERRA, is designed to suit most industrial and large area applications. When combined with the cost-effec tive ECOBAY luminaires, designed to optimise industrial lighting, this solution offers substantial energy and cost savings for facilities. Schréder ITERRA offers site managers a robust, cost-effective platform to run site infrastructure with max imum flexibility – to adapt the lighting to different scenar ios or activities, delivering energy savings and providing optimum light levels for employees and visitors. A wireless solution No unnecessary cabling, no PLC (programmable logic controller) requirements, no complicated commissioning process, Schréder ITERRA is a 100% wireless control system for indoor and outdoor industrial facilities and large areas. Based on a Bluetooth™ mesh network, it of fers a plug-and-play solution to control all luminaires and floodlights using standard DALI, DALI-2 or 0-10 V/1-10 V protocols. As a mobile app-based The lighting control solution for industrial facilities

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