Eskom announces stage 2 load-shedding

[porchrat]

They are mostly hydro and other renewables, plus gas, biomass and fuel, don't think they have coal plants

Don't undersell the Nepalese. I'm sure they can find a way to screw up renewables too.

 

[Lupus]

So they have EAF 90+% easily then I would assume instead of our pathetic 60%.

Still had to call loadshedding in March

 

[Lupus]

Don't undersell the Nepalese. I'm sure they can find a way to screw up renewables too.

The Spanish did

 

[wingnut771]

Still had to call loadshedding in March

For very different reasons I would assume.

 

[Lupus]

For very different reasons I would assume.

Not having enough supply for demand is pretty much the only reason anyone calls loadshedding which is why they called it for evenings.
Though apparently they are now getting more power from China so they are loadshedding free as of April 2025 well we will see how long that lasts. Apparently they used to have 18 hour cuts

Energy Minister Khadka guarantees load shedding-free Nepal, inaugurates China-constructed hydropower

April 9, Kathmandu: Nepal has advanced toward ending power outages, with Minister for Energy, Water

radionepalonline.com

 

[wingnut771]

Not having enough supply for demand is pretty much the only reason anyone calls loadshedding which is why they called it for evenings.
Though apparently they are now getting more power from China so they are loadshedding free as of April 2025 well we will see how long that lasts. Apparently they used to have 18 hour cuts

or having too much supply for demand like Spain then you have to black start.

 

[Lupus]

or having too much supply for demand like Spain then you have to black start.

Spain didn't have too much supply for demand, they had the same issue too little supply for demand. The renewables dipped and there wasn't sufficient spinning power to bring it back up.

 

[wingnut771]

Spain didn't have too much supply for demand, they had the same issue too little supply for demand. The renewables dipped and there wasn't sufficient spinning power to bring it back up.

Ah, thought it was some kind of corona event.

 

[Lupus]

Ah, thought it was some kind of corona event.

Nope frequency dropped not went up, if it went up too much supply, but it dropped to rapidly.

 

[system32]

So long as you factored in battery replacement in a decade or two

I got my system in Nov 2021 and I factored in that batteries have a 10 year warranty.
System should be payed off by 2028 +/-7 years.
I recently checked pricing of batteries and the costs have dropped quite a lot from ~R4,490/kWh to R2,528/kWh

 

[Thugscub]

Government BS again.
Masses love having no water no electricity no roads. It makes them feel good. Bunts.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Ah, thought it was some kind of corona event.

Definitely not.
The sun was behaving istelf at the time.

 

[quovadis]

Mostly unaffected as long as it stays below Stage 5 "thanks" to load limiting.

 

[porchrat]

Mostly unaffected as long as it stays below Stage 5 "thanks" to load limiting.

For once the load limiting thing actually works. Used as it was intended, as opposed to how it was being used a while back to protect collapsing infrastructure.

 

[quovadis]

For once the load limiting thing actually works. Used as it was intended, as opposed to how it was being used a while back to protect collapsing infrastructure.

Huh? For the most part it's always worked and been used as intended?

 

[Lupus]

For once the load limiting thing actually works. Used as it was intended, as opposed to how it was being used a while back to protect collapsing infrastructure.

Load limiting is not load reduction or load shedding

 

[porchrat]

Load limiting is not load reduction or load shedding

Last year, while the rest of the country was not experiencing any loadshedding at all, JHB was implementing load limiting to stop their local grid from collapsing. Something they NEVER sold the solution being implemented for.

Load reduction hits Joburg to prevent ‘total grid collapse’

It’s not load shedding, but it has the same effect. Load reduction is back in Johannesburg, with City Power saying it’s critical to prevent dire consequences for its power systems and infrastructure.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

(I know what the title says, read the actual article, you'll see it mentioned)

There was a thread on it on the forum last year. People were angry.

I understand what load limiting is. City Power has demonstrated that it will abuse it because of their own ineptitude.

 

[porchrat]

Huh? For the most part it's always worked and been used as intended?

Not everywhere no.

It was sold on preventing loadshedding up to Stage 4. City Power wants to use it so they don't have to fix as much of their neglected infrastructure.

 

[quovadis]

Not everywhere no.

It was sold on preventing loadshedding up to Stage 4. City Power wants to use it so they don't have to fix as much of their neglected infrastructure.

Erm not sure what you're going on about. Having 10A when there's load shedding stages 1-4 has never been about neglected infrastructure. I'm with Eskom - nothing to do with City Power.

 

[Lupus]

Last year, while the rest of the country was not experiencing any loadshedding at all, JHB was implementing load limiting to stop their local grid from collapsing. Something they NEVER sold the solution being implemented for.

Load reduction hits Joburg to prevent ‘total grid collapse’

It’s not load shedding, but it has the same effect. Load reduction is back in Johannesburg, with City Power saying it’s critical to prevent dire consequences for its power systems and infrastructure.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

(I know what the title says, read the actual article, you'll see it mentioned)

There was a thread on it on the forum last year. People were angry.

I understand what load limiting is. City Power has demonstrated that it will abuse it because of their own ineptitude.

Nope they never implemented load limiting, they did do load reduction though.