Africa has a significant role to play in the world's efforts to establish sustainable data centres of the future, said Mourad Younes, C&SP Segment Leader, MEA at Schneider Electric, at last week's …
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today called on energy decision makers to prioritise digital upgrades to realise the potential of sustainable, resilient, efficient and flexible Grids of the Future.
Datacentre operators are under increasing pressure to meet sustainability goals and address their carbon footprint. According to Harvard Business Review, 99% of large company CEOs agree that sustainability forms a vital part of their business’ future success.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), more than 140 million people in Nigeria don’t have access to energy. In an effort to address this fundamental challenge, the World Economy Forum (WEF) recently hosted 40 stakeholders from Nigeria’s energy and finance sectors at a “deep five” roundtable event, held in Abuja.
This year saw the business landscape evolve at quite a pace; adopting care that streamlines and optimises efficiencies and operations.
Councillor Lorenzo Arendse, Mayoral Committee Member for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture at Drakenstein Municipality opening the launch event. D…
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and industrial automation and Inspired Evolution, a specialised clean energy infrastructure and resource efficiency investment advisory platform, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will see the companies advancing the implementation of green, sustainable and digital projects across targeted geographical areas on the African continent.
The Food and Beverage (F&B) industry continues to evolve and innovate, and crucial to this is enhancing supply chain visibility, efficiency and overall business operations.
Business continuity and longevity remain a focal point for businesses in the constantly evolving world. In a time of emerging technologies, acquisitions, and an increasingly diverse and inclusive workforce, HR teams have emerged as all-important contributors to organisational business continuity.
A survey by the Uptime Institute found that the impact of data centre downtime has grown in severity, making the availability (of data centres), at the core and at the edge, a key concern for organisations.
The outlook for data centre growth on the African continent looks bullish. With a population of almost 1.5 billion people, the African marketplace possesses a significant advantage in terms of market size and potential.
The African continent has this year been plagued by pertinent and recurring challenge; how can it ramp up efficiency to mitigate the unstable energy provision faced by many of its regions?
To some it might feel like we’re living in an “endless summer” of artificial intelligence (AI), with a new breakthrough announced almost monthly.
The rapid growth of DERs (distributed energy resources) which include solar PV, wind turbines, and energy storage systems, has fundamentally changed the energy landscape.
Kenyans will soon see the fallout of the 15% to 20% energy tariff hike which came into effect on 1 April, after the country’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) approved a tariff increase request from electricity supplier Kenya Power.
The South African retail industry’s investment in renewable energy such as solar energy is enjoying some significant growth as a result of the country’s unstable growth, environmental concerns, cost savings as well as strides to decarbonise operations.
Traditionally perceived as a “spare parts and breakdowns” business, services has evolved into so much more. Focus has moved to insightful consulting audits, tailor-made maintenance contracts, enhanced modernisation activities and digitalisation of multiple industries and segments. Customers can leverage off our predictive tools to manage their current infrastructure and plan for the future.
Global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and industrial automation, Schneider Electric is meeting South Africa’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) requirement head on with the availability of its vendor neutral architecture, EcoStruxure Grid Metering Operations (GMO).
If one considers the various roads to a net zero future, building owners and industry will have to take a broader systemic approach, rethinking how it can become active participants in reducing energy consumption.
As industry such as manufacturing moves into the 4IR era, organisations are increasingly taking steps to modernise their operations through digitalisation.
Circuit breakers are undoubtedly one of the unsung heroes of the electrical world. It performs vitally important tasks: protecting an electrical circuit from damage caused by overcurrent/overload of short circuit.
Over the last 100 years, technical advancements have accelerated automation systems such as process automation, reducing many of the non-value-added processes and enabling designers, engineers and their employers to focus on other, important priorities.
“The best way to predict the future is to create it,” said Abraham Lincoln. A statement that certainly applies to the way we navigate our careers and its longevity.
The hospitality industry has always been cut-throat; guests are spoilt for choice and as a result hotels, large and boutique have to keep pace to ensure they offer features that differentiate them from the competition.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and industrial automation, has been awarded Topco Media’s Top Empowerment Company: Job Creation Award at the 22nd annual Top Empowerment Awards Ceremony, held at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg.
With the world racing towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, which aims to reach gender equality by 2030, South Africa’s Women’s Month echoes this profound and all-important target.
Like many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya is burdened by high levels of maternal and infant mortality. As of 2022, the reported maternal mortality ratio in Kenya was over 355 deaths per 100,000 live births, this means nearly 5000 Kenyan women and girls die annually due to pregnancy and childbirth complications.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today published details of its quarterly sustainability impact performance, alongside its half-year financial results.
Engineering design has become a vital component in multiple segments including MMM (Mining Minerals & Metals) as industry moves into an age of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IoT and the resultant connected devised transmitting from the field to cloud environments.
A survey by the Uptime Institute found that the impact of data centre downtime has grown in severity, making the availability (of data centres), at the core and at the edge, a key concern for organisations.
Process automation technologies continue to evolve and with this constant change and enhancements we are moving one step closer to Industry 5.0.
According to the World Green Building Council, construction and operation represents nearly 40% of global energy-related CO2 emissions today, with a projected 230 billion square meters (of new buildings) to be constructed during the next 40 years.
Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, convened its leading channel partners at the Secure Power MEA Presidents’ Club from 5th – 8th June in Egypt to deliver top trends that are currently driving decarbonisation activities across industries.
Collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions throughout the global semiconductor.
Schneider Electric Kenya has partnered with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers’ (KAM) to introduce the Digitisation Award Category, to celebrate and champion initiatives that drive digital transformation in Kenya’s Industrial Sector.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has signed respective Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) at the recent France Alumni Day, hosted in partnership with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) at the French Embassy in Tshwane.
Although data centers remain at the heart of an increasingly digital world, the sector has also historically always been incredibly energy-hungry.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, is excited to announce its partnership with Don Bosco Youth Technical Institute in Lilongwe, Malawi and Don Bosco Mozambique, based in Maputo and Inharrime.
What does the Food and Beverage (F&B) industry of the future look like? Efficient, sustainable, integrated, safe, consumer-centric and traceable. …
Organisations are increasingly moving workloads to the network edge. According to a report from IDG/Foundry, an average of 35% of computing resources in the United States now reside at the edge.
For the first time ever, five generations are working side by side in the workplace. With advancements in health and subsequent age, which are seeing employees retiring at a later stage in life, we are living in a time of a powerful, experienced, and diverse workforce.
Digitally enabled, connected environments have become commonplace with many customer interactions occurring in the digital realm. Technology continues to drive innovation such as remote asset monitoring, tracking and maintenance.
Schneider Electric South Africa has been awarded Topco Media’s Top Gender Empowered Company certification for 2023 and is also featured in the annual Standard Bank Top Women Leadership publication.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with H2-Enterprises to explore and develop innovative solutions for energy supply and management in buildings.
As the country continues to fight the consequence of a volatile grid and subsequent power crisis, Eskom says it aims to roll out a smart meter in every home within the next four years.
The establishment of solar farms continues to grow in South Africa, with Eskom’s renewable statistics page indicating that 2,787MW solar generating power is connected to the grid. 2,287MW of this capacity is from PV (photovoltaic) plants, while a further 500MW comes from concentrated solar plants (CSPs).
Schneider Electric Kenya Limited and ACTOM Kenya Ltd. have joined forces in a groundbreaking agreement that confirms ACTOM’s intent to take over the production of Schneider Electric’s BlokSeT type tested switchboards.
Drakenstein Municipality is currently partnering with global energy leader, Schneider Electric and system integrator partner Altek to upgrade its 25-year-old SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system to ETAP, a model-driven electrical SCADA software solution.
Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the appointment of Michael Lotfy Gierges as Executive Vice President for its global Home & Distribution division.
According to a new market research report by Meticulous Research: Smart Cities Market by Solutions (Smart Citizen Services, Smart Environment, Smart Buildings, Smart Transportation, Smart Utilities, Other Smart Solutions), Component (Hardware, Software, Services), Technology, and Geography - Global Forecast to 2030 the global smart cities market is projected to reach $3,107.05 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 25.8% from 2023 to 2030.
Now open for registration till 16 June 2023 and available to all undergraduates or masters students, the Schneider Electric Global Student Experience offers e-learning modules in Sales & Marketing, Services, Supply Chain, Digital careers, or Sustainability as a Business.
This year’s Youth Month theme Accelerating youth economic emancipation for a sustainable future places the spotlight on the importance of empowering today’s youth with the knowledge and skills to build a sustainable future of tomorrow.
Electricity is the only mission-critical commodity that business depends on every second of every day, yet it can be the biggest obstacle to success.
As dozens of ministers and CEOs from around the world gather in France for IEA Global Conference on Energy Efficiency, new analysis sets out what’s needed to meet energy and climate goals.
The proverbial race is on; organisations are scrambling to get one step ahead of the country’s volatile energy provision by implementing interventions such as solar arrays that will lessen the load, stress and stabilise supply.
Cyberattacks remains an omnipresent threat that has brought some of the foremost organisations and their sophisticated datacentre infrastructures to their knees.
As the country struggles to find some form of power provision normalcy, it is encouraging to see how many businesses and homes are moving to renewable and alternative energy resources to substitute and stabilise energy demand and usage.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced that the Schneider Electric Sustainability School is open for enrolment.
According to ISO 55000 (International Standard, Citation 2014), an asset can be defined as “an item, thing or entity that has potential or actual value to an organisation”. Furthermore, asset management is a “coordinated activity of an organisation to realise value from assets”.
When curating sustainability programmes, you’re putting together all the elements that make up your company’s sustainable initiatives, presenting it in an organised fashion that allows others to access it.
Over the last 100 years, technical advancements have accelerated industrial control system engineering, reducing many of the non-value-added tasks and enabling designers to focus on other, important priorities.
This year’s Enlit 2023 Africa event, held at the CTICC in Cape Town had a pertinent and recurring theme, how can the continent ramp up energy efficiency to mitigate the unstable energy provision faced by many countries including South Africa?
Climate change and sustainability are intrinsically linked; the former causes devastation and the latter provides feasible solutions for generations come.
Schneider Electric and Amtec Techniquip, a South African manufacturer of quality educational engineering equipment, has in the last four years seen its partnership grow in leaps and bounds; expanding it reach beyond South Africa’s borders to include Anglophone countries such as Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
Utility-scale battery storage is growing in leaps and bounds, with the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimating it will reach 30.0 gigawatts (GW) by 2025.
It has been argued that software is consuming the world, however, in recent times this could be modified to software is “enabling” the world.
Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, introduces Easy UPS 3-Phase Modular.
Technology is shaping the way services operate and interact with customers. According to a report by the Technology and services Industry Association (TSIA) The State of Services, “the ability to digitally capture any product performance attribute with sensors and send the data to low-cost storage in the cloud where it can be analysed is truly disrupting the business and operating models of multiple industries.”
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and the public institution in charge of Rebuilding Notre-Dame de Paris have signed a sponsorship agreement in which Schneider is committed to contributing to the restoration of the cathedral through in-kind donations and the transfer of skills.
Most of us have engaged in eCommerce one way or another and are likely to frequent our tried and tested online providers for years to come. We can navigate B2C eCommerce comfortably and enjoy the ease of finding great products, seamless services, and fast delivery. In fact, the eCommerce user experience (UX) continues to get better, faster, easier, and more efficient.
Digital twin technology is emerging as the unsung hero of facility maintenance, enabling organisations, their internal teams, and external partners to stay one step ahead of potential downtime and even catastrophic failure.
The Energy Internet presents a futuristic evolution of electricity systems and is conceptualised as an energy sharing network. The research paper Energy Internet - the future of electricity theorises the sharing of network resources will include integration of small-scale renewable energy systems, electric loads, storage devices, and other emerging technologies.
ArmCoil Afrika, a local manufacturer of medium voltage (MV) AC motors and transformers, and Schneider Electric have partnered on the provision of a skid mobile substation product line that will provide continuous power to a large mining conglomerate’s operations across South Africa.
The great data migration is upon us. Edge computing - distributed or on-premise - is experiencing an explosive growth period. According to a report by Gartner, 75 percent of enterprise-created data will be processed at the edge by 2025.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation has unveiled PowerLogic HeatTag, an innovative smart s…
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, will unveil an array of new technologies and software solutions at Hannover Messe 2023 to help industries address the global priorities of energy security, resource efficiency, and sustainability.
Business resiliency and continuity remain among the most trending outcomes sought by any end user. Regarding the ICT sector, security, asset performance management, efficiency, and equipment lifecycle management are major priorities. However, as this demand grows, we still see 38% of infrastructure-related incidents resulting in loss of production.
In business, one of the most prevalent influences of the 4IR is the move from copper to cloud, a term that represents the evolutionary change that comes with this next era in our industrial revolution.
The convergency of OT (operational technology) and IT in industrial environments offers numerous and tangible benefits. Plus, when 4IR technologies are added to the mix, the sky becomes the proverbial limit.
Variable speed drives (VSDs) form an integral part of mines today; it is an energy optimised solution integrated into various mechanical components prevalent in today’s mining operations.
According to Gartner’s IT automation trends for 2022, 40% of all enterprise workloads will be deployed in cloud infrastructure and platform services, up from 20% in 2020.
The deployment of microgrids across the African continent has evolved beyond its socioeconomic goals to providing a viable answer to the energy ‘trilemma’, said Taru Madangombe, Vice President: Power and Grid for Middle East and Africa at Schneider Electric at the recent Africa Energy Indaba, held at the CTICC in Cape Town.
Datacentre operators and owners continue to enhance PUE (power usage effectiveness) with a number of technologies that allow for improved efficiency. Cooling forms a critical part of improved PUE planning and integrating innovations such as electronically commutated (EC) fans and variable speed drives (VSD) are making important inroads in optimising operations.
Schneider Electric and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment (FEBE) have officially unveiled the 4IR Experience Room, a first for UJ and situated at the university’s Auckland Park Campus.
The consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry stands to benefit greatly from digital innovation advancements. According to a paper entitled the next frontier in consumer goods: digitally enabled innovation by the strategy firm McKinsey & Company, digitisation can bring new products to market 50 percent faster, at a third of the cost, and with a significant return on investment.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its enhanced solutions to increase building sustainability.
Schneider Electric and Alliance partner, 4Sight have seen their partnership go from strength to strength as the companies’ roll out various high-level projects that are testament to the adage strength in numbers.
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day, an institution, and an all-important campaign which this year places the spotlight on #EmbraceEquity. It is poignant message which also aligns very closely with Schneider Electric’s equity targets.
The oil and gas industry plays a major role in the global economy and has in recent years come under increasing pressure to meet sustainability targets while still maintaining high levels of operations and lowering the end-to-end lifecycle costs of its assets.
The ability to manage data in an effective and flexible manner is paramount and runs in tandem with improved visualisation, smart manufacturing, digitisation, IIoT and edge computing.
Go Green competition now open to university students - registration deadline 30 March 2023
The benefits of digital twin technology have enjoyed considerable attention in the last year. Transcending multiple industries, it’s well-established and the returns are considerable. However, digital twins’ role in the power and grid industry is not as well-known, which is why it’s important to unpack its invaluable benefits and returns.
White Paper 281 shows how the success of a CIO is rooted in a solid foundation of maintaining resilient, secure, and sustainable IT operations.
South Africa’s water and wastewater (WWW) woes are well documented and mimic what can be described as a worldwide crisis with the United Nations (UN) citing that on a global scale, 1.8 billion people are using contaminated water, and 2.3 billion people live in water-stressed countries.
Speaking at the African Mining Indaba, held at the CTICC in Cape Town, Rob Moffitt, president of MMM at Schneider Electric emphasised that the supply of critical minerals and metals could fall short as soon as 2025.
A recent study conducted by the strategic consulting and market research firm, BlueWeave Consulting valued the datacentre market as worth USD 206.2 billion 2021, predicting it will reach (an estimated) USD 404.9 billion by the end 2022.
“Focus on fixing the problem, never focus on the blame. Problems are only resolved when solutions are sought,” notes author Catherine Pulsifer. These words could not be truer when it comes to South Africa’s current energy crisis’ where the proverbial “blame game” has gotten out of hand.
Business premises is one of the first places companies take stock of when assessing their electricity usage and the optimisation thereof. And rightly so, approximately 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and 70% of energy consumption are attributed to buildings. Moreover, it’s estimated that 30% of energy is wasted in buildings.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been recognized in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the sixth consecutive year.
Asset management is an ongoing concern for global industry, particularly in a time when most organisations are working towards establishing operations and profits to (at the very least) pre-pandemic standards.
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has earned a spot on Corporate Knights’ 2023 Global 100 list of Most Sustainable Corporations in the world for the 12th time in the row.