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The research service provides an up-to-date analysis of the South African markets for metallic welding equipment, consumables and gases to provide visibility on the shape, size and direction of the industry. The research provides an estimate of the size of the total welding solutions market, including the different product markets (equipment, consu...

The research service titled Grid Integration Challenges of Renewable Energy in South Africa deals with the issues involved with interconnecting variable renewable energy generation facilities into the South African transmission and distribution grid network. Renewable energy poses a new challenge to transmission system operators due to its inherent...

The South African electricity market is strained. The implementation of smart grids will help alleviate many of the problems the country is facing. This research service gives a comprehensive analysis of international best practice and case studies of smart grid projects that have been implemented, and tells how South Africa can learn from them. Th...

The research service provides a composite analysis of South Africas automation and control solutions (ACS) market for the period. The research service begins with a discussion of market drivers and restraints of the entire ACS market for the period 2010 to 2017. This is followed by a market sizing and forecast section of the total ACS market for t...

Frost & Sullivan conducted in-depth interviews with forty of the largest metal and mining companies in seven African countries. The aim of this reserach service was to provide early market information to suppliers of automation and control solutions by analyzing end user requirements and satisfaction with ACS products and services they receive from...

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...

The research project focuses on the South African low voltage switchgear market. The switchgear products discussed include miniature circuit breakers (MCBs), molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs), air circuit breakers (ACBs), pushbutton switches (PBs), contactors and relays (C & Rs), intelligent overloads (IOs), electronic overloads (EOs), thermal o...

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...

Opening up the power generation sector to independent power producers is imperative as Eskom has shown some of its limits, such as severe funding shortfall, an extremely tight power system, and new-build projects being continuously delayed while power demand shoots. The dominant position of Eskom in power generation, transmission, and distribution ...