Eskom will dial back the severity of load shedding this week, with only stage-1 and stage-2 cuts expected in the coming days.
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Eskom will reduce load shedding to stage 3, from the planned stage 4, overnight on Thursday after securing a supply of diesel from PetroSA.
Government said it’s urgently seeking funds to buy diesel that’s needed to fuel some of Eskom’s power plants.
Energy expert Chris Yelland said the utility has told him that its emergency open-cycle gas turbines will remain silent until then.
The state-owned utility will implement stage-5 load shedding from Monday until at least Wednesday, it warned on Sunday.
After plunging South Africa back into intense stage-4 load shedding on Friday, Eskom has now warned of “more erratic” changes.
Widespread breakdowns in Eskom’s generation fleet saw South Africa plunged back into stage-4 load shedding in the early hours of Friday.
South Africa could produce over five million tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2040, according to a plan it presented at the UN climate summit.
An Eskom contractor at the Camden power station has been arrested for allegedly trying to sabotage the coal-fired power station.
Johannesburg is seeking electricity supply from private generators to reduce the amount of scheduled power outages.