By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - The University of KwaZulu-Natal is hoping to discover new ways to revolutionise energy usage in the country. UKZN has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Hong Kong-based tech company Youtility- that will investigate how electricity is managed and distributed. Through the use of AI, the technology also claims to handle electricity payments through a block chain billing platform. Acting Director of the UKZN Eskom Power Engineering Program, Professor Leigh Jarvis says students will be exposed to a study innovation that could send new waves through the electricity sector...

<p>By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - The University of KwaZulu-Natal is hoping to discover new ways to revolutionise energy usage in the country. UKZN has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Hong Kong-based tech company Youtility- that will investigate how electricity is managed and distributed. Through the use of AI, the technology also claims to handle electricity payments through a block chain billing platform. Acting Director of the UKZN Eskom Power Engineering Program, Professor Leigh Jarvis says students will be exposed to a study innovation that could send new waves through the electricity sector...</p>

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