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Alphabet's X, Econet unit in deal to virtualise South Africa power grids

Thursday 21 October 2021 | 15:43 CET | News
Econet subsidiary Distributed Power Africa (DPA) South Africa is working with X, Alphabet's moonshot factory, to facilitate the energy transition and enable reliable electricity access for the country, ITWeb reported. The move will be done through a virtualisation of the national electrical transmission and distribution grids, by developing new grid tools to assist with planning, and by promoting energy resilience and low carbon power in South Africa.

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Categories: General
Companies: Alphabet / Econet / Google
Countries: South Africa
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