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May 2020: The "Why on Earth™" series was launched in Issue 3 of the Lightning Mag and is intended to augment specific technical aspects and topics on Earthing, EMC and Lightning Protection. Read more about it here:...

June 2016: Dr Pieter H Pretorius from TERRATECH, South Africa successfully completed the CDEGS Level I certification course in Montreal Canada, presented by SES Technologies...

August 2018: Dr Pieter H Pretorius from TERRATECH, South Africa successfully completed the Lightning Protection System Designer Accreditation Course presented by ELPA (Earthing Lightning Protection Association of South Africa). Dr Pretorius also successfully completed...

August 2019: Dr Pieter H Pretorius from TERRATECH, South Africa was invited to participate in the Earthing & Lightning Seminar hosted by AREP (Association for Renewable Energy Practitioners) and ELPA (Earthing Lightning Protection Association). Two, 1-day seminars...

“Earthing Africa” is an initiative of and symposium organized by TERRATECH, South Africa. The symposium has a specific interest and focus in bringing industry and academia from Africa and abroad together with the objective, not only to raise awareness of earthing...

May 2016: Dr Pretorius, Principal Consultant of TERRATECH, attended a refresher CDEGS course (Level I and Level II training) in Canada. Even though he has been using CDEGS software since 1994, he pointed out that it is important to remain abreast with the software...

June 2016: The contract was awarded to TERRATECH to conduct an earthing, EMC and lightning protection study at a new retrofit plant forming part of a larger Gas Plant in Oman. The study was successfully completed in June 2016 leaving another, highly satisfied client....

July 2016: Dr Pieter H Pretorius from TERRATECH, South Africa was invited as Subject Matter Expert to participate in the CEATI International Conference on Best Practices for EHV Line Design & Asset Management, 1-2 November 2016, San Diego, CA. Participation will...