Streamlined steam at Clover SA

Energy Partners' Steam division designed and installed an advanced steam plant at the Clover S.A. Proprietary Limited SA Queensburgh megafactory that cuts operational costs, improves energy efficiency, and supports Clover’s sustainability goals. This Engineering News...

Innovative combustion system boosts production – cuts fuel and emissions by 25%

Mkwawa Leaf Tobacco,a leading tobacco processor in Morogoro,Tanzania, sought to expand by adding cigarette packaging and increasing steam generation capacity. To meet growing demand, they partnered with Energy Partners’ Steam division to implement a more efficient and...

Case Study: How meticulous planning kept production running during Sasol shutdown

Industrial complexes, like Sasol One in Sasolburg, have scheduled shutdowns every three to five years, to allow critical maintenance and plant upgrades to be performed. During these shutdowns, supply of critical utilities such as steam, can be interrupted, leading to...

Gas burners trending as end-users adopt cleaner energy practices

​​Demand for gas-fuelled burners is increasing as South Africa’s production facilities continue to distance them-selves from traditional fossil fuels, such as coal, in line with lower global emissions targets, and to align with more sustainable business practices,...

Servitisation can unlock capital and build food production resilience in ‘interesting times’

Almost 60 years ago, on 6 June 1966, a young Robert F. Kennedy told an audience at the University of Cape Town, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and...

Energy Partners invests R360 million in Clover SA energy servitisation solution

South African dairy giant, Clover S.A., has unleashed the benefits of servitisation at its Queensburgh mega-factory, by means of a R360 million investment by energy solutions company, Energy Partners (EP).   As part of this industry-leading partnership, EP...

How to simplify your operations with a single contract

South Africa, and countries around the world are experiencing rapid increases in technical skills shortages. In many areas, this issue has deteriorated to the point where several industries (especially those in the engineering disciplines) have started to bring...

Setting a New Standard for Outsourced Steam in Africa

Clover - South Africa’s largest dairy company - is underway with a massive consolidation of their facilities as part of Project Sencillo, a program of projects focusing on the establishment of mega-factories, paying particular attention to reducing its energy...

Outsourced Steam Production set to become the Norm for Businesses

In recent years the demand for outsourced steam solutions has grown significantly as steam-reliant businesses continue to look for ways to reduce their costs, increase their efficiency and cut their fuel use.  The latter has become especially important as the ongoing...

24/7 Solutions for those Unplanned Boiler Shutdowns

A trend that has developed over the past 24 months, is a marked increase in companies requiring emergency boiler systems to keep their steam operations functioning. One can speculate that this is as a result of businesses cutting back on spend and falling behind on...