Electricity and Control June 2024

CONTENTS

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT

Features

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIoT

4 Industry 4.0 – transforming the electro-mechanical landscape Wesley Vorster, ACTOM

5 Products + services

ENERGY MANAGEMENT + THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT

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10 Enabling the energy transition in Africa Leigh Darroll spoke to Sabine Dall’Omo at Siemens Sub-Saharan Africa

13 Understanding the value of battery energy storage Lance Dickerson, REVOV

14 Products + services

MEASUREMENT + INSTRUMENTATION

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19 Products + services

TRANSFORMERS, SUBSTATIONS + CABLES

22 A smarter, more reliable power grid Dr Ulrich Greiner, TE Connectivity

24 Modular substations suit growing data centres David Claassen, Trafo Power Solutions

26 Products + services

Regulars

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1 Comment The challenges and successes of STEM education

3 Cover article Remote asset condition monitoring using IIoT tools

29 Engineering the future Green hydrogen must be produced and used wisely

30 Reskilling, upskilling + training From SA to LA – South Africa’s young scientists at Regeneron ISEF

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32 Write @ the back Ener-G-Africa opens new clean cookware factory

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