Search results for: 'Data Monetization in the Power and Utilities Industry'

Renewable energy has taken centre stage in South Africa's expanding power generation capacity, necessitating development and maintenance of requisite transmission infrastructure. Switch gears, transformers, and reactors are critical in supplying quality power to customers in a cost-effective manner. Local research and development, manufacturing, an...

Although South Africa is in a nascent phase regarding the adoption of Big Data technologies, industries have begun implementing Big Data solutions for improved operational processes and to find new business opportunities. The key driving forces behind Big Data discussed in this analysis include increased connectivity and Internet usage, for both mo...

This research service titled chemicals usage in the various utilities in sub-Saharan Africa looks at the water treatment chemicals demand by power utilities in South Africa, with a regional overview of Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, and Uganda. Market growth data and forecast growth rates, as well as detailed drivers, restraints, and challeng...

Universal access to electricity has been central to the African development story, with power being critical to the continent's economic growth. As more than 600 million people (or 44% of the population) lack access to electricity, Africa is racing to add capacity to electrify rural communities and secure baseload supply in urban and industrial zon...

This research service encompasses an analysis of West African data centre markets, specifically Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal. It includes an analysis of key market developments and trends, the market size in terms of revenues, demand, and competition. It also investigates the introduction of new offerings in the three countries that are covered. The...

Data centres are essential to modern organisations. The data loads worldwide are forever increasing, and that trend is set to continue. The uptake of data centre services is therefore forecast to be high over the next six years with the growing competition between service providers. This study provides an overview of data centre services in South A...

As the region with some of the lowest electrification rates in the world, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will exhibit continued growth of power pools. This growth is likely to be driven primarily by expanding transmission and distribution (T&D) networks within and between member countries. This outlook provides an analysis of the power pools in SSA, foc...

Electricity demand in Egypt has been growing steadily over the years underpinned by sustained population growth, continuing urbanisation, and improving socio-economic developments. Yet the pace at which new power supply came on stream has been lagging behind (peak) demand growth. Some relief occurred from 2010 onwards thanks to newly-built power ge...

This research service is an analysis of production and investment patterns in Tanzania's mining industry with the objectives of providing up to date market information on production and investment patterns in the industry, the determinants of expansion projects and providing production and investment forecasts for the period 2010 and 2015. Tanzania...