There has been a “considerable improvement” in Eskom generation, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has claimed.
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Eskom has suspended daytime load shedding until further notice following an improvement in generation performance.
Government will need another two to three months to complete an energy transition implementation plan.
US scientists have achieved a net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time since December.
Eskom is expected to implement alternating stages of load shedding throughout this week – and may suspend it entirely.
The severity of load shedding will be reduced this weekend as Eskom expects demand to fall.
Eskom has imposed conditions to access the national grid on 1.85GW worth of new projects to prevent “grid hogging”.
South Africa is planning to scale up its grid capacity as it works to address the crippling power shortages.
Unplanned outages at Eskom’s generating fleet fell to less than 16GW in the past two months, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Eskom has handed load shedding operations back to the City of Ekurhuleni after the metro said it would abide by the rules.