kusile power station

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Kusile FGD repair on track — Eskom

    Kusile FGD repair on track — Eskom Eskom says the repairs of the flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) duct connected to three of its units at the Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga are progressing according to plan. The collapse of a section of the chimney in October 2022 had a significant impact...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Kusile Unit 5 synchronised to grid for first time

    Kusile Unit 5 synchronised to grid for first time Eskom synchronised Unit 5 of the Kusile Power Station to the national grid for the first time at 17:22 on Sunday, 31 December 2023. The unit will contribute an additional 800MW to the country's power system. Unlike the three Kusile units...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Longest load-shedding break since September 2022

    Longest load-shedding break since September 2022 Eskom will continue to suspend load-shedding until the evening peak demand period on Monday, 2 October 2023. The utility had initially planned to return to stage 2 load-shedding at 16:00 on Sunday, 1 October 2023.
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Kusile Unit 3 is back online after nearly a year

    Kusile Unit 3 is back online after nearly a year Eskom has returned the first of three large generating units at its Kusile coal power station to service after nearly a year of downtime. Kusile Unit 1, 2, and 3 were taken offline due to the collapse of a part of the flue-gas desulphurisation...
  6. Jan

    De Ruyter says he's willing to appear before Parliament to answer questions about ANC corruption

    André de Ruyter agrees to appear before Parliament Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) says André de Ruyter has indicated he is willing to appear in person to answer their questions about his ANC corruption allegations. This comes after the former Eskom CEO gave an...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter eskom kusile power station loadshedding parliament standing committee on public accounts (scopa)
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  7. Jan

    Electricity minister says De Ruyter is wrong about corruption at Kusile

    André de Ruyter wrong about corruption at Kusile — Minister of Electricity Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told media on Monday that the problems at Eskom’s Kusile power station have nothing to do with corruption and are purely technical. Ramokgopa embarked on a power station tour...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter eskom kgosientsho ramokgopa kusile power station load-shedding
    • Replies: 77
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    DFFE grants Eskom environmental exemption for Kusile's fast-tracked repairs

    Good news for Kusile power station repairs Environmental affairs minister Barbara Creecy has announced that her department exempted Eskom from amending its Atmospheric Emission License, subject to certain strict conditions. Creecy explained that amending the licence would be lengthy, and...
  9. Jan

    Kusile quick-fix will take at least 10 months - Eskom

    Kusile disaster — "fast-track" repairs will take at least ten months Eskom's' plan to "fast-track" repairs on its troublesome Kusile power station's three offline generators will involve installing temporary flues. The first unit will take more than eight months to complete. The second and...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter cyril ramaphosa dept of forestry fisheries and the environment dffe eskom jan oberholzer kusile power station load-shedding
    • Replies: 78
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  10. Jan

    National state of disaster regulations - mobile operator obligations, feed-in tariffs, environmental exemptions

    Dlamini-Zuma releases Eskom load-shedding state of disaster regulations Cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma gazetted regulations for South Africa’s national state of disaster over the energy crisis. The regulations designate “critical electronic communications and...
  11. Jan

    Managers overruled Eskom engineers and caused Kusile flue duct collapse

    Eskom managers overruling engineers caused catastrophic Kusile chimney collapse Eskom management's instruction to increase the load of Kusile Power Station Unit 1 to full capacity, against the advice of its engineers, caused the disastrous collapse of a duct which has contributed roughly two...
  12. Jan

    Kusile designs "manipulated" so Hitachi Power Africa could win tender - De Ruyter

    André de Ruyter's revelations about alleged Eskom tender corruption Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has alleged that design criteria for systems at Kusile power station were manipulated to ensure ANC-connected Hitachi Power Africa won the tender. He also blamed South Africa’s energy crisis on...
    • Jan
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    • african national congress (anc) andré de ruyter annika larsen eskom hitachi power africa kusile power station load-shedding
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Emissions exclusion at Kusile could bring units back online a year earlier — Eskom

    Emissions exclusion at Kusile could bring units back online a year earlier — Eskom South Africa's Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., already named as the world's biggest sulphur dioxide emitter, is seeking approval to release more of the pollutant linked to ailments ranging from asthma to heart attacks...
  14. Jan

    Over 4,000MW generation capacity offline because of human error and poor planning at Eskom

    Eskom's big problems Eskom is in deep trouble. Its power stations are collapsing, it has run out of money to buy diesel for its open-cycle gas turbines, and there is no coherent plan to stop load-shedding. Energy expert Chris Yelland said in addition to the usual random breakdowns at Eskom’s...
    • Jan
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    • ankerlig anton eberhard chris yelland eskom gourikwa koeberg power station kusile power station load-shedding medupi power station petrosa pravin gordhan
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Jan

    [UPDATE] Eskom further reduces evening power cuts to stage 2 after getting diesel reserves

    Eskom reduces load-shedding after receiving diesel — here is the new timetable Eskom has announced that it will reduce evening load-shedding between 16:00 and 05:00 to stage 3 until Monday after receiving diesel from PetroSA. Power cuts will remain at stage 2 during the day from 05:00 to...
    • Jan
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    • ankerlig camden power station eskom gourikwa hendrina kendal power station koeberg power station kusile power station load-shedding tutuka
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    How Kusile chimney got damaged

    How Kusile chimney got damaged Faulty emission control systems and human errors led to a cement-like deposit forming in the flue-gas duct of the Kusile power station, causing a part of the chimney-like structure to collapse on 23 October 2022, insiders have told Rapport. The power utility...
  17. Jan

    Flue gas duct failure shuts Kusile Unit 1

    Eskom warns Kusile unit will be offline for months after chimney failure Eskom has revealed that a section of the Kusile unit 1 flue gas duct has failed and could remain offline for months. The power utility explained that the duct is similar to a chimney, providing a channel for exhausting...
  18. Jan

    Eskom says South Africa must build 53GW of renewable power in 10 years

    South Africa must build 53GW in ten years — but couldn't add 9GW in fifteen Eskom says South Africa must add 53GW of renewable electricity generation capacity to the grid over the next ten years to ensure the country's energy security. However, the power utility has struggled for the past 15...
    • Jan
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    • eskom kusile power station load-shedding medupi power plant transmission development plan (tdp) transmission development plan 2022 (tdp 2022)
    • Replies: 165
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  19. Jan

    Medupi and Kusile will be 10 years late and cost another R33 billion to finish

    Eskom gives update on Medupi and Kusile power plants — and it's not good news It will cost Eskom around R33 billion more and take another four years to complete its two newest power stations — Kusile and Medupi. That was revealed in the utility's latest update to Parliament's Standing...
  20. Jan

    Eskom warns of possible short-notice Stage 2 - six units broken down in 24 hours

    Eskom warns of load-shedding at short notice as six units break down Eskom has warned that it may need to implement stage 2 load-shedding at short notice on Monday evening between 18:00 and midnight due to a shortage of generation capacity. The state-owned power utility has suffered breakdowns...
    • Jan
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    • arnot power station eskom kriel power station kusile power station lethabo power station load-shedding majuba power station matla power station tutuka
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    How long South Africa will still use coal power stations

    How long South Africa will still use coal power stations In the rolling hills of South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, hundreds of builders, welders and engineers are putting the final touches to a gigantic new power station that’s set to burn as much as 15 million tonnes of coal a year until it...
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