Ford’s Silverton motor vehicle assembly plant in Pretoria has greatly reduced its reliance on Eskom after switching on a giant solar installation.
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South Africa is headed for a record year of power cuts if the rate of station breakdowns fails to improve, particularly at coal-fuelled plants.
Eskom will implement rolling blackouts during the Tuesday evening peak, following a similar schedule to Monday, as it continues to battle plant breakdowns.
By 2030, the company plans to convert its global fleet of 400 mine haul trucks – which operate across platinum, copper and iron ore operations – to hydrogen.
Phillip Dukashe, Eskom’s group executive for generation – and a 26-year veteran of the state-owned power utility – has resigned.
After a lull of just two days, Eskom will revert to cutting the power because it can’t keep up with demand for its only product.
Eskom on Monday warned that its system is again under “severe” pressure, and that load shedding during the evening peak is a distinct possibility.
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Eskom said it would reduce load shedding to stage 1 from 10pm on Friday evening, even though plant breakdowns remain high at 16GW of capacity.
Anglo American has unveiled the world’s biggest green-hydrogen powered truck at a platinum mine where it aims to replace a fleet of 40 diesel-fuelled vehicles.