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South Africa has about 10 years left.

| April 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

South Africa has about 10 – 15 years left under the ANC rule and then is back to the dark ages for those that stay. I think that we have gone passed the point of no return. The amount of money and human resource that you would need to correct only 18 years of ANC [...]

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PHCN’s Soaring Gas Debts Cripple New Power Plants

| April 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

Barth Nnaji.jpg 3rd In A Series of Articles By Ejiofor Alike Hopes for stable power supply may have to be tempered for the foreseeable future as the failure of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to settle its N88.7 billion debts to gas suppliers is further worsening the crisis. THISDAY had, in earlier reports, highlighted [...]

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Echelon announces two micro grid deployments in India and South Africa

Echelon announces two micro grid deployments in India and South Africa

| April 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Apr 09, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) – Echelon Corporation has announced two micro grid deployments in India and South Africa that integrate distributed generation to compensate for disruptions in utility-supplied power. The deployments are built on Echelon’s open standard, multi-application energy control networking platform powered by its Control Operating System (COS) and incorporate application software [...]

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PHCN in Eket begs residents to pay N1.3bn debt

| April 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Eket Business Unit of the Power Holding Company (PHCN) says electricity consumers in Southern Akwa Ibom District owe it N1.3 billion in unpaid bills. Mr Benedict Nwaorehu, the Business Manager in the district, disclosed this at the maiden Customer Consultative Council meeting on Wednesday in Eket. Nwaorehu said that the debt was hampering service [...]

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Abia govt awards contract for evacuation of power

| April 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Abia govt awards contract for evacuation of power From OLUNKWA FELIX, UmuahiaWednesday April 04 , 2012 The power situation in Umuahia, the Abia State capital and its environs is likely to improve soon following the award of contract by the state government for evacuation of power from the 132kv sub-station in Ohiya, Umuahia South Local [...]

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