CSIR paints bleak picture with Eskom breakdown data

[Jan]

Eskom's breakdown crisis in two charts

A Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) analysis paints a bleak picture of Eskom power plants' reliability and the potential impact on load-shedding.

CSIR researchers Warrick Pierce and Bianca Ferreira showed how power plant breakdowns and Eskom's energy availability factor (EAF) worsened.

 

[mpdjhb]

Where are they getting 191 days for summer - summer is 91 days.
We have FOUR seasons. Eskom seems to think we have 2.

 

[Brian_G]

Not sure these charts will shed much light, after all there's a lot of sabotage involved and who knows how much that accounts for or how it's being tackled in full.

 

[koeidels]

Where are they getting 191 days for summer - summer is 91 days.
We have FOUR seasons. Eskom seems to think we have 2.

That's just a pragmatic way to distinguish between the colder and warmer half of the year.

 

[Thor]

I don't know, looks like a 30% pass rate did those graphs.

191 days? lol.

Also, cannot imagine this ends well considering South Africa is currently running on diesel.

 

[grok]

I don't know, looks like a 30% pass rate did those graphs.

191 days? lol.

Also, cannot imagine this ends well considering South Africa is currently running on diesel.

The health of South Africa is the last thing on current government's concern..