POWER-GEN Africa, DistribuTECH Africa to deliver in-depth skills development

9 Jan 2014

POWER-GEN Africa and the inaugural DistribuTECH Africa events aim to address local skills shortfalls through a series of in-depth Technical Training workshops to be presented during the conferences and exhibition taking place from 17-19 March 2014 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).

POWER-GEN Africa, DistribuTECH Africa to deliver in-depth skills development

Now officially sanctioned as CPD (Continual Professional Development) events by the SAIEE (South African Institute of Electrical Engineers), POWER-GEN Africa and DistribuTECH Africa will include a number of free workshops, as well as optional extra WADE Africa Decentralized Energy workshops.

The free Technical Training Workshops, presented by carefully selected experts, are designed to offer delegates the unique opportunity to receive training in various categories of the generation, transmission and distribution fields. With this acquired knowledge, delegates will be able to immediately implement what they have learnt back at their plants.

The workshops will include:

Introduction to Ethernet Basics - Doron Kowensky, H3I Squared

The Art of Cable Fault Location - Nathaniel Folscher, Megger

Unified Grid Intelligence - Ameen Hamdon and Anthony Eshpeter, Subnet

Wet Coal, A Case Study - Gary Allen, RAM3

Squared Ethernet for Utilities - Advanced Introduction into Ethernet Technology - Darryn Sugerman, H3i

Demo of PPE & Cable Cutting Equipment - Stuart Ashton, Pieter Maree and Dev Naidoo, Surge Technology

The ABC of Insulation Testing - Marius Pitzer, Megger

ARC Flash Solutions - Rudolf Van Heerden, Schweitzer

How to test an OC/EF Relay Quick & Easy - Marius Pitzer, Megger

Lighting Dissipation - Marius Grobbelaar and Jeff Edwards, Adriatic Power

These workshops will be held at the Presentation Theatre, Exhibition Hall on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 March and are free to all delegates and visitors.

The WADE workshops, focusing on the promise of decentralised energy to light up Sub-Saharan Africa, will include expert presentations on:

Policies and programs that will create the needed incentives for investment

The outlook for natural gas supplies

Integration of renewables

Distributed technologies, CHP, trigeneration, and onsite power production

The Obama Power Africa - developments and opportunities

For the full Preliminary Conference Programme and to download the Pre Show Guide, detailing the conference, exhibitor list, floor plan, hotel and registration information, as well as Technical Tour and Workshop, go to www.powergenafrica.com or www.distributechafrica.com.