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D-Day for the imop in South Africa

This week, South Africans woke up to the painful news that their electricity bills are going to rise by 146.3% over the next three years. Hoping to take some of the sting out of such a debilitating economic measure are SA EcoPower, our first distributors in South Africa, who are keen to maximise the potential of the imop in a country that was almost crippled by power shortages back in January 2008.

Farming and manufacturing represent major market opportunities for electricity savings according to SA EcoPower, as well as mining — which was one of the major casualties of the energy crisis two years ago.

More staff at the company are currently being trained by minimise technical support and training manager, James Hazell, who is in South Africa as part of a five-day programme for SA EcoPower. As with all distributors’ start-up procedures, the minimise training forms two parts: classroom-based theory and on-site practice.

We encourage distributors to use their own client base for live demonstrations, as this has the added bonus of generating orders as part of the process.

A modern-day power struggle

South Africa’s new electricity tariff is part of a long-term government plan devised with the national energy supplier, Eskom, to bring the country’s electricity distribution and supply back into balance. Measures

include promoting energy savings and, if necessary, actually outlawing energy inefficiency. Eskom aims to reduce demand by about 3000 megawatts by 2012, and a further 5000 megawatts by 2025. There are also plans to reward and penalise customers based on their energy usage.

D-Day for the imop in South Africa

This week, South Africans woke up to the painful news that their electricity bills are going to rise by 146.3% over the next three years. Hoping to take some of the sting out of such a debilitating economic measure are SA EcoPower, our first distributors in South Africa, who are keen to maximise the potential of the imop in a country that was almost crippled by power shortages back in January 2008.

Farming and manufacturing represent major market opportunities for electricity savings according to SA EcoPower, as well as mining — which was one of the major casualties of the energy crisis two years ago.

More staff at the company are currently being trained by minimise technical support and training manager, James Hazell, who is in South Africa as part of a five-day programme for SA EcoPower. As with all distributors’ start-up procedures, the minimise training forms two parts: classroom-based theory and on-site practice.

We encourage distributors to use their own client base for live demonstrations, as this has the added bonus of generating orders as part of the process.

A modern-day power struggle

South Africa’s new electricity tariff is part of a long-term government plan devised with the national energy supplier, Eskom, to bring the country’s electricity distribution and supply back into balance. Measures

include promoting energy savings and, if necessary, actually outlawing energy inefficiency. Eskom aims to reduce demand by about 3000 megawatts by 2012, and a further 5000 megawatts by 2025. There are also plans to reward and penalise customers based on their energy usage.