AUW 2015 (Africa Utility Week) 12-15 May 2015

This year IDX took part at AUW 2015 at the Convention Centre in Cape Town. We were part of a group of emerging export companies that belong to the SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTROTECHNICAL EXPORT COUNCIL and had a stand plus access to shared meeting area (see below). Our stand was very simple but after doing AAF 2015 at the Dome in Johannesburg the previous week it was a pleasure to not have lots of equipment to handle. Set-up was on Monday 11th, the conference and exhibition were Tuesday to Thursday. Then on Friday we did some arranged trips to interesting "power or clean energy" projects. Power to dwellings comes from here (a) The "backyarder" project - visited an area where municipal houses are rented and there are 1 to 3 shacks in the backyard with each having an independent pay-as-you-go single phase electricity supply. The meter is mounted on a pole outside the property and the backyarder tenant just has a keypad to enter his electricity voucher de