{"id":12538,"date":"2018-03-27T19:57:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2020-07-13T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T13:57:04","slug":"power-electricity-world-africa-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/27\/power-electricity-world-africa-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Power &amp; Electricity World &#8211; Africa 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today and tomorrow (Wednesday 28th March) heralds two days of networking, exhibits and\u00a0 seminars at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg for Power &amp; Electricity World 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This event, at which Victron Energy are exhibiting, brings together leading companies to showcase a wide range of technologies aimed at helping transform and innovate the African energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in the area do come and visit, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/16\/victron-energy-people-who-is-andre-du-rand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andre du Rand<\/a> and his team will be delighted to advise and demonstrate the latest offerings from Victron Energy. Details of the event are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrapinn.com\/exhibition\/power-electricity-world-africa\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A quick word from Andre about today and what&#8217;s on tomorrow:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Victron are showcasing several new products including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/22\/voltage-temperature-sense-for-solar-chargers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Smart Battery Sense<\/a>, more 250V MPPTs and the MultiGrid, which has recently has been certified for the South African <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/26\/multigrid-now-also-certified-for-france-belgium-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\">NRS 097-2-1:2017<\/a> anti islanding regulation for embedded generation systems.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12548\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12548\" class=\"wp-image-12548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/03\/Andre_66018386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/03\/Andre_66018386.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/03\/Andre_66018386-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/div> Andre du Rand discusses products with customers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today the booth was busy with lots of inquiries for off-grid systems incorporating <span class=\"chemf nowrap\">LiFePO<sub>4<\/sub><\/span> battery systems and the popular ESS systems. 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