Utilities should embrace technology and innovation – Eskom’s Govender

The fourth industrial revolution presents an opportunity to embrace technology and innovation in the energy sector, State-owned Eskom transmission and sustainability group executive Thava Govender said on Wednesday.   Addressing delegates at the Africa Energy Indaba in Johannesburg, he said that technological advancements in renewable energy, distribution, generation and smart grids were rapidly unfolding. “Advancements such as energy storage, off-grid technology and control systems, smart-grid technologies, renewables and nuclear energy all offer potential opportunities in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,” he said.