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African News, Energy, Green Energy, South Africa News

How will South African industry deal with tariff hikes and carbon taxes?

African Utility Week to assist Large Power Users to face energy obstacles The proverbial axe is falling on ‘business as usual` as every industry in South Africa, from mining to manufacturing to retail, is cringing at the thought of rising energy tariffs and the impending implementation of a carbon tax. Stemming the tide of rising tariffs On the receiving end of tariff hikes, industry is dealing with three significant elements, namely the cost of electricity, uncertainty around sufficient electricity supply and carbon emission management. According to Shaun Nel, Project Director & Advisor, Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa (EIUG), “the current request by Eskom to raise electricity prices by 16% per annum over 5 years will have a significantly negative ...
Energy, Green Energy, South Africa News

Serving up a POWER-GEN-sized slice of colossal Kusile

  As part of the inaugural POWER-GEN Africa, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 6-8 November, an intrepid group of delegates had a unique opportunity to visit Kusile, which once operational will be the fourth largest coal-fired power installation in the world. By its scheduled 2018 completion date the station, located in Mpumalanga province, will have a total capacity of 4800 MW. The first of its six 800 MW units is due to commence operations in 2014. Under development by South African state-owned utility Eskom, Kusile is the country’s most technologically advanced coal plant and will be the first to feature flue gas desulphurisation (FGD), a key environmental objective for Eskom. A base-load facility, Kusile forms part of Eskom’s plan to increase...
African News

Groot Group and Partners to Develop Africa’s Largest Glass Manufacturing Plant in Tses, Namibia

Tses Glass is expected to become the largest dynamic glass manufacturing factory in Africa focused on producing industry leading glass products with the type of float glass, hollow glass, glass wool and fiber, cast glass, and ultrathin glass for the construction of residential and commercial buildings as well as for automobiles, kitchenware, bottles, touch screen computing, and smart phones devices for the markets around the world. Windhoek, Namibia, July, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Groot Group, SDS Group, Nissi, and the Tses Community are joining forces on an equal shareholding value to form a joint venture, namely; Tses Glass (Pty) Ltd, for the development of the Tses Glass Manufacturing Plant (Tses Glass) in Tses, Southern Namibia. Tses Glass is expected to become the largest dynamic glass manuf...
Kenya News

Timber & Steel prices in Kenya 2012

Cypress: 2×2: KES 25 per foot.4×2: KES 60 per foot.Mukima: 2×2: KES 20 per foot.4×2; KES 40 per foot.Cpress: 6×1:KES 36 per foot.Mukima: 6×1: KES 23 per footPlywood: KES 300 per m2.Barbed wire:610m@ KES 5,000480M@ KES 3,800Barbed wire Nails @ KES 200 per kg.Iron Sheet:Gauge 30 prepainted box/curved profile.IT4 2m-900=KES 600 per m2Gauge 30-2m kes560=KES 373 per m2Gauge 32-2m 480=KES 320 per m2 Source:  http://www.a4architect.com/2012/02/07/timber-prices-in-kenya-2012/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+real-estate-portal+%28Real+Estate+Portal%29&utm_content=FeedBurner+user+view