Eskom hoping to bring big generating units back online

[Jan]

A glimmer of hope for power cuts in South Africa — Eskom bringing back big units

Eskom says it plans to bring 2,500MW of generation capacity back onto the power grid before the end of June 2022, radically reducing the strain on the system and the risk of load-shedding during the winter.

During the utility's latest State of the System update on Wednesday, it revealed that two units at its Kusile coal-fired power station and one at the Koeberg nuclear power station would return to service in the next few weeks.

 

[ShaunSA]

When days are dark. Hope is the first thing to go

Hopefully Andre is next

 

[pinball wizard]

This is a new one on me that engineers simply hold thumbs and hope for the best.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

A glimmer of hope for power cuts in South Africa — Eskom bringing back big units

Eskom says it plans to bring 2,500MW of generation capacity back onto the power grid before the end of June 2022, radically reducing the strain on the system and the risk of load-shedding during the winter.

During the utility's latest State of the System update on Wednesday, it revealed that two units at its Kusile coal-fired power station and one at the Koeberg nuclear power station would return to service in the next few weeks.

/adds hope

KFC for everyone

 

[mojoman]

Damnit...Get back online...

 

[RudderVator]

ya only for their employees to sabotage 5000mw again...

 

[mpdjhb]

Are these the units that were "definitely sabotage". Whatever happened to that story.

 

[Puffy_Nipples]

Are these the units that were "definitely sabotage". Whatever happened to that story.

No. Those will cost if I'm not mistaken R1. 2 Billion to fix and if my predictions are correct a total of R 2 Billion because by the time they want to start fixing it. It's been stripped and rusted to death

 

[Zophos]

Hope in one hand, and sh!it in the other. Which one gives you something?

Last time I checked, hope does not power any appliances.....

 

[r00igev@@r]

I can hear a screw drop.

 

[neoprema]

"It took down one of the Kusile units to modify and correct design defects"

How much did it cost? And they accepted it with design defects??

 

[disiza]

This country is so broken

The Boiling Frog
"The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death."

 

[xumwun]

Are these the units that were "definitely sabotage". Whatever happened to that story.

That was to power lines for a conveyor belt not to units directly

 

[etienne_marais]

Should I file this alongside the others in Fake Optimism ?

 

[Oldfut]

N24 paywalled "Eskom's grim warning: SA must more than double its generation capacity in just 13 years". ANC tenderpreneurs shall feast. Good luck SA.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

N24 paywalled "Eskom's grim warning: SA must more than double its generation capacity in just 13 years". ANC tenderpreneurs shall feast. Good luck SA.

This article may be enlightening: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/sou...g-is-likely-to-get-much-worse-from-september/

 

[grok]

Bring back bigger, is this the local version of build back better?