Rolling blackouts will return to South Africa on Thursday evening, Eskom said in a statement. The stage-2 load shedding will take place between 9pm and 6am on Friday.
The embattled state-owned power utility said the electricity system was “under stress” on Thursday morning and that it was using diesel generators to meet daytime demand.
“We have been using pumped-storage schemes and open-cycle gas turbines extensively in the past few days to supplement capacity, and we need to replenish these overnight,” it said.
“The risk of stage-2 load shedding remains for tomorrow (Friday) and into the weekend, but we will review the status of the system and communicate tomorrow morning.” — (c) 2020 NewsCentral Media