Electricity and Control March 2025

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CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION 4 Flexible, automated production of fertiliser from slurry Stefan Ziegler, Beckhoff Automation 6 Products + services RENEWABLE ENERGY + INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY 10 Flipping the switch: Is decarbonisation possible for Africa? Paul van Zijl, Starsight Energy 12 A new era for nuclear energy The International Energy Agency 13 NECSA on a path of stabilisation and growth Leigh Darroll, Electricity + Control 14 Products, services + projects

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MEASUREMENT + INSTRUMENTATION 19 Best practice in measuring PV circuit performance Comtest, for Fluke 21 Products + services

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TRANSFORMERS, SUBSTATIONS + THE GRID 22 Grid management systems: securing the power supply Herman Mare, ACTOM 24 Weatherproof power: dry-type transformers built for the outdoors Trafo Power Solutions 26 The digital revolution in transformer substations EPlan 29 Products + services

21 REGULARS

1 Comment

Managing vulnerabilities in distribution networks

3 Cover article

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A new era in measurement technology

30 Reskilling, upskilling + training Training partnership for inclusive growth in renewable energy IIE engineering degrees fully accredited by ECSA 31 Write @ the back Transforming the electricity market in South Africa

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