The chance of a return to load shedding this winter has been reduced after Eskom announced it reintegrated Medupi unit 4.
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Eskom has issued an invitation to tender for the construction of a pilot green hydrogen facility in Johannesburg.
Despite recent grid instability, Eskom expects no load shedding this winter – with stage 2 as a worst-case scenario.
Eskom has added 800MW of new generation capacity to the grid after bringing Kusile’s final unit online.
The electricity utility lost 10 generating units at the weekend but has said it is making good progress in restoring them to service.
Eskom has not implemented load shedding for 300 days, the state-owned electricity utility declared on Tuesday.
Eskom has launched a forensic investigation into an electricity theft racket involving the use of illicit tokens for prepaid meters.
Despite a 2024 financial year stained in red ink, Eskom’s financial performance is improving, chairman Mteto Nyati said.
It’s now been seven months – and counting – since the country’s last episode of load shedding.
Eskom has appointed veteran South African IT leader Len de Villiers as its CIO on a three-year contract.