Profit: From alternative energy sources Learn how the latest technology in Solar, Wind, Biomass, Biofuels, Bagasse, Methane and more can help your business. Learn about Renewable Energy Certificates for Carbon Trading. Find alternative solutions for onsite power.   All your questions answered here: With the increasingly high cost of energy, are you aware of sustainable alternative power solutions and how they can benefit your organisation? Have you explored the potential of renewable energy? Do you have a plan to implement alternative power generating capacity? Do you have enough information and knowledge to confidently present the business case to senior management or the board? Do you need to assess competing solutions in a cost and time efficient manner? Do you feel confident in taking big investment decisions when technology is changing so rapidly? Would you like to connect with peers from similar organisations to share ideas on renewable energy? By popular demand, after being held for many years in Midrand, Africa Power & Electricity Congress & Exhibition has a new home at a new upmarket and centralised venue – the Sandton Convention Centre. Sandton has fast become the business hub and ‘economic powerhouse’ of Gauteng and South Africa and it provides a fitting location for Africa’s premier power and electricity event. It is easily accessible from the area’s main roads and highways and boasts ample parking facilities! To find out how you can benefit by getting involved in this powerful event, contact Brian Mallory on Tel: +27 (0) 11 516 4079 or e-mail: brian.mallory@terrapinn.co.za  Power in the news! “Electricity demand expected to strain supplies” Business Report, 12 May, 2006 “ELECTRICITY tariffs in Uganda will rise more than a third from June 1 as the government seeks more resources to tackle a crippling power crisis and daily blackouts”Reuters, 12 May 2006 “Disruptions to Cape Town's power supply from late last year shut oil refineries, halted textile and agricultural production and plunged millions of homes into darkness. The Cape Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry estimated two weeks of blackouts cost the economy R8.9 billion.”Business Report, 12 May 2006 “China's Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) would invest $2.3 billion (R14 billion) in the construction of a new hydroelectric power plant in Mozambique, crucial to the southern African country's plans to exploit its mineral resources, officials said yesterday”Business Report, 11 May 2006 “The World Bank would finance the refurbishment of two hydroelectric projects, Inga1 and Inga2, in the Democratic Republic of Congo with $500 million (R3.1 billion).” Bloomberg, March 2006

First contact!!! Want to plan your show attendance better?  CONTACT is a system that enables you to set up meetings before the event. You can search and target the exhibitors that you want to do business with - and then email them directly without ever having to find their contact details. We facilitate your first contact and you take it from there. Are you not meeting the right people? We will set up meetings for you before and during the show with our unique Business Matchmaking Program. The key objective of the program is to create an easy platform to facilitate one-on-one meetings between exhibitors, delegates, visitors and sponsors. Just send us your wish list and we will do the rest.  Interactive seminars encourage open discussion and debate amongst all participants. Learn about the latest technologies! See live product demonstrations! Let industry experts answer your questions! And meet your peers who face the same challenges as you! Experienced product managers will facilitate the seminars on-site. Register your details so that we can send you our finalised program. Our exhibitors, sponsors and conference delegates love it. And now you too can enjoy our highly successful speed networking. Attend our Interactive Seminars and meet your fellow participants in a progressed setting. Business cards are exchanged and introductions are made at the beginning of each session, forming a starting point for networking throughout the show. Yes, you better believe it!  The only free lunch in Joburg!  You will be hard pressed to find a better visitor offer anywhere. We understand that expos (all that walking!) can be demanding business; so we will provide you with extra energy. Visit the exhibition and WIN! Register as a visitor before 15 March 2007 and stand a chance to win the latest i-Mate. Winners will be announced at the Exhibition! CLICK HERE! Attend the Africa Power & Electricity Congress for FREE. Pre-register now and stand a chance to win one of three Platinum Conference Delegate Passes! This will allow you access to all three days of the conference and both masterclasses, plus the cocktail function, networking lunches and more! Each pass is valued at R16 195.00! Other prizes that are being given away include: Blackberry's, iPods as well as a luxury cruise to the Portuguese Islands We are responding to the extreme skills shortages in the power sector by hosting an on-floor job zone for you. This new innovation has been designed to (a) highlight critical skill shortages, (b) present industry training programs, (c) showcase job opportunities for new potential employees and (d) allow recruiters to source new, fresh talent.