Eskom optimistic as weather warms

[Jan]

Eskom dodges stage 8, believes load-shedding will improve after cold snap

Eskom is confident that the high levels of load-shedding experienced last week won't last, with the power utility anticipating that the energy demand will soon decline, Sunday Times reports.

South Africa was plunged into Stage 6 load-shedding on Wednesday, 12 July 2023, following generation unit breakdowns and increased demand resulting from extremely cold weather on Monday and Tuesday.

 

[Kosmik]

Eskom dodges stage 8, believes load-shedding will improve after cold snap

Eskom is confident that the high levels of load-shedding experienced last week won't last, with the power utility anticipating that the energy demand will soon decline, Sunday Times reports.

South Africa was plunged into Stage 6 load-shedding on Wednesday, 12 July 2023, following generation unit breakdowns and increased demand resulting from extremely cold weather on Monday and Tuesday.

Ah yes we solved the problem because demand is less...

If kicking the ball down the road was a sport......

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

So Eskom is relying on something they have no control over (the weather) rather than actually maintaining power stations (within their control)

 

[now05ster]

So our leccy minister was right all along.

 

[RonSwanson]

And another "cold snap" due later this week again

 

[semaphore]

Warms…. mid winter lol.

 

[10:10]

Eskom is on life support right now. Corruption is like cancer eating away at it. The moment we see a drop in load shedding it is fair to say someone got paid millions and some employee had a long and cold night fixing stuff while getting paid peanuts.

When the summer hits we will see stage 8. Wet weather and scheduled maintenance for the summer will hit hard. The real question is, how many of those units will be on schedule and come back on time? With Eskom's competency dropping every day as more knowledgeable people retire? Yea... I would still look into solar...

 

[Iamn0tageek]

Hit me with your worst.

I dare you.

 

[lkpat]

I believe I can fly!

We all know how that turned out

 

[Temujin]

Sure sure
*charges everything*

 

[wingnut771]

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa recently said lower stages of load-shedding were here to stay and that the power utility increased the EAF by 12 percentage points.

“We have lifted the energy availability factor by 12 percentage points — one percentage point amounts to 477MW of additional generation capacity,” said Ramokgopa.

“That is why we are attaining average levels that are just shy of 30,000MW.”

 

[Fuzzbox]

No SHITT sherlock.

 

[borro]

 

[Gordon_R]

And another "cold snap" due later this week again

Predicted maximum daytime temperatures for Thurs 20th:

 

[Dan C]

And another "cold snap" due later this week again

Yes, Wednesday it seems in the Eastern Cape.

 

[wingnut771]

Predicted maximum daytime temperatures for Thurs 20th:

View attachment 1557687

and Friday?

 

[Azure 12]

 

[Gordon_R]

and Friday?

The charts I posted only go 5 days ahead. Snow-forecast.com looks pretty ominous on the 6-day outlook:



Source: https://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/static/southafrica/next3to6days/snow

 

[Azure 12]

You can't make this s**t up

 

[Azure 12]

Hey Eskom, I have a bridge to sell you