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Electricity and Control December 2024 coverThe increasing proportion of renewable energies in electricity supply systems, globally, influences the way transmission grids operate, creating new technical requirements in measurement, monitoring and control systems and driving the move to smart grids to manage decentralised, diverse and variable energy resources. This context spotlights all the features in focus in this December 2024 edition of Electricity + Control: Industry 4.0 + IIoT, Energy management + the industrial environment, Measurement + instrumentation and Transformers, substations + cables.

In Industry 4.0 + IIoT, we see the continuing shift towards digitalisation and demands for faster connectivity to enable real-time insights and optimisation of plant and processes in all industry sectors.

In Energy management + the industrial environment, we see how South Africa, with its wealth in natural resources and critical minerals, is well positioned to lead the transition to renewable energy in Africa, and to establish battery gigafactories to supply the growing demand for batteries across key markets, including battery energy storage solutions (BESS), electric vehicles (EVs), and consumer electronics (rechargeable devices).

Measurement + instrumentation are fundamental in the ongoing digitalisation of industry and development of advanced solutions, providing the information essential to smart asset management and optimised performance.

And in Transformers, substations + cables, we see how the newly established NTCSA is looking to roll out transmission infrastructure, to expand the national grid network and provide grid access to the growing number of distributed energy resources, widely dispersed across different regions of the country. In this feature too, we share the Q and A session conducted in-house at Beckhoff with Dr Fabian Assion, who explains why we need smart grids and what this means in terms of the control technologies required.

Of further interest, in our regular column Engineering the future we learn how a research team at MIT modelling the aerodynamics of wind turbine rotors has found new ways to improve wind turbine performance. And Write @ the back, we highlight a new report from the IEA which sets out the major opportunities for countries looking to manufacture green energy technologies as the market continues to grow globally – and the challenges this presents for policy makers facing competing interests.

 

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