Transactions on Environment and Electrical Engineering

Oluwafemi Emmanuel Oni
University of Kwazulu-Natal
South Africa

Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Agriculture Engineering and Science. University of Kwazulu Natal. Howard college campus

Kamati I. Mbangula
Department Electrical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Durban
South Africa

Kamati N.I. Mbangula was born in Namibia on 20 August 1989. He graduated with a BSc. (Honours) Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Namibia (UNAM). He pursued his postgraduate studies in South Africa at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (RSA), and carried out his research at the Eskom Centre of Excellence in High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC). His work experience includes working as a Staff Development Fellow at UNAM, and working as a research assistant and lab technician at the Eskom centre of excellence in HVDC. He is currently employed as a lecturer at UNAM. His fields of interests include power systems stability analysis, and low voltage reticulation systems design and analysis.

Innocent E. Davidson
Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Durban University of Technology. Durban
South Africa

Innocent E. Davidson (M’92–SM’02) received the BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Ilorin in 1984, and 1987 respectively. PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa1998; and Postgraduate Diploma in business management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2004; Associate Certificate, sustainable energy management, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Canada, 2011.
From 1994-1995, he was Engineering Inspector, Rainbow Energy Project at EASIGAS (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town; Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria (1999-2001); Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), 2001–2006; Part-time Instructor, Graduate Engineering Program (Power & Energy), UKZN High Voltage DC Centre (2000-2008) a program co-offered by UKZN and Eskom - South Africa’s Electric Utility. From 2005–2006, he was a Visiting Professor, Powertech Labs Inc., Surrey, BC, a world leading consortium in clean energy technologies, independent testing services, power system solutions and smart utility services. From 2007-2011 he was Energy Consultant in Surrey, BC, implementing energy efficiency (electricity/gas) measures, British Columbia provincial government’s mandate on Climate Change. He has been an invited guest writer for the IEEE Power and Energy technical magazine as an Expert on Africa: “Energizing Africa’s Emerging Economy”, IEEE Power and Energy, Vol. 3, No 4, July/August 2005. He was Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Research Coordinator, University of Namibia (2012-2014); Director, Eskom Centre of Excellence in HVDC Engineering, UKZN (2014-2016). Currently, he is a Full Professor of Electrical Engineering, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He is the author/co-author of over 150-refereed journal and conference papers. His research focus is on Grid integration of renewable energy using Smart Technologies and Innovation for Smart Cities.
Prof Davidson is a member, Western Canada Group of Chartered Engineers (WCGCE); the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET Canada) British Columbia Chapter; a Chartered Engineer, C.Eng. United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers and a registered professional engineer, P. Eng. (ECSA), South Africa.