Eskom was able to avoid national rolling blackouts on Thursday evening, but only because there was a reduction in demand and because it made extensive use of emergency generation resources.
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South Africa is again on the brink of load shedding after Eskom was forced to take several power generating units off the grid on Thursday.
Eskom plans to reduce its output of coal-fired power by between 8GW and 10GW through plant closures over the next decade, a cut that amounts to up to 30% of its current capacity.
Eskom has denied a media report that the company is actively recruiting new employees, saying it is “not hiring any new staff” and that there is “no recruitment drive”.
Government on Thursday published changes to the Electricity Regulation Act, making it official that power producers of up to 100MW will not require a licence from energy regulator Nersa to operate.
A new report from Eskom points to the potential of new energy projects soon needing to consider locations outside of the Northern Cape. By Jan Fourie.
South Africa faces a record year for power outages after an explosion damaged one of Eskom’s newest coal-fired generation units.
Eskom has suspended several employees after an explosion at Unit 4 at the Medupi power station caused what the utility has described as “extensive damage” to the facility.
An explosion at the Unit 4 generator at the Medupi power station in Limpopo has knocked out an adjacent unit, Eskom said on Monday. It’s not yet clear if this will lead to load shedding in the coming week.
South Africa experienced 650 hours of load shedding in the first half of 2021 (15% of the time), shedding an estimated 963GWh of estimated energy, according to a new report from the CSIR.