Eskom gets R6-billion loan for massive battery system

midnightcaller said:
Here is the funder of this project

NDB | New Development Bank

The New Development Bank (NDB) aims to mobilize resources for development projects in BRICS, emerging economies and developing countries.
www.ndb.int www.ndb.int

ndb is loaning the funds to eskom.
Eskom is state owned.
Eskom is managed poorly.

NBD should be made aware of what the SA taxpayers think of their investment decision.
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Lol, developing country? More like stagnating... or what is the reverse of developing country?
 
wingnut771 said:
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Lets be fair to Eskom, people seem to be ignoring the total capacity (MWh) and just focusing on the peak load (MW). The waste will come later on when they blow past their initial budget and need to be bailed out to 2x the original cost, but on paper this is fine.

The South African one is a 1440MWh @ 360MW . Looking at 14x the storage to that Australian one, but only 6x the cost.
 
At the time of the project’s announcement, it was said that the battery storage infrastructure would be installed in containers at Eskom’s substations.
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Cool, now these containers can be tapped with illegal connections :thumbsup:
 
Some comrades are getting a bit richer a bit sooner
 
In total, the battery system will comprise 360MW of energy storage at 90 sites in the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal.
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So that would be an average of 4MW (360MW / 90).

And eSkommel thinks that these batteries will not be stolen from containers at substations?

At the MyBB conference, @jannievanzyl was saying it might be time for Vodacom to elevate equipment that usually gets vandalised and stolen at ground level, at the time I wondered if this would involve helium and giant (bal)loons, but I think he meant create platforms atop the towers and move the equipment up there to make it more difficult to vandalise and steal.

Presumably the masts need to be greased as well? eSkommel could potentially learn a few things from Vodacom.
 
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Get Elon Musk to do it. The deployment in Australia was a huge success.

But I agree, trusting the Gupta's to deploy it will end it tragedy.

PS: We should have done nuclear in 2000.
 
r00igev@@r said:
Get Elon Musk to do it. The deployment in Australia was a huge success.

But I agree, trusting the Gupta's to deploy it will end it tragedy.

PS: We should have done nuclear in 2000.
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You are lucky they didnt. Imagine the area around the nuclear power facilities 19 years after no maintenance.
 
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