Eskom warns intense cold front will put strain on power grid

[Lupus]

Bit of red tonight

Yup it is.

 

[Lupus]

Big part of pta East is without power, will probably help a bit

Wapadrand substation burns again, plunging Pretoria east homes into darkness

Residents have been urged not to speculate or listen to misinformation regarding the incident.

www.iol.co.za

Sadly not really

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Evening Peak Feedback: 19/07/2021 @ 18:12
Total Demand: 32 170MW
Virtual Power Station: 68MW
Eskom OCGT’s utilized: 10
IPP OCGT’s utilized: 2
Renewable Generation: 1 498MW (Wind 1 242MW, CSP 256MW)
Available Generation Capacity: 32 901MW

Nice power from renewables tonight.

 

[Swa]

Virtual Power Station: 68MW

What's a virtual power station?

 

[Gtx Gaming]

What's a virtual power station?

They ask heavy users to not use as much then they get a rebate. Like the smelters.

 

[wingnut771]

They ask heavy users to not use as much then they get a rebate. Like the smelters.

So it should read 0MW?

 

[Lupus]

 

[Gordon_R]

Cold weather is imminent:

Cut power usage, pleads Eskom, as cold fronts could put 'severe' pressure on grid | Business

Eskom has not implemented loadshedding since 13 June.

www.news24.com

 

[thestaggy]

Do we reach Friday without loadshedding? It's inevitable.

 

[Lupus]

Do we reach Friday without loadshedding? It's inevitable.

If they can keep this up
Feedback from Evening peak: 20/07/2021 @ 18:12
Total Demand: 32 182MW
Virtual Power Station: 71MW
Eskom OCGT’s utilised: 0
IPP OCGT’s utilised: 3
Renewable Generation: 1 291MW (Wind 1 202MW, CSP 89MW)
@Eskom_SA Available Generation Capacity: 33 991MW
@EskomSpokesper1

We should make it

 

[RonSwanson]

Big part of pta East is without power, will probably help a bit

Wapadrand substation burns again, plunging Pretoria east homes into darkness

Residents have been urged not to speculate or listen to misinformation regarding the incident.

www.iol.co.za

@Geoff.D lives out that way.

 

[BBSA]

@Geoff.D lives out that way.

Seems they still working on it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1417549252075696130

 

[Lupus]

Seems the same issue as Monday.

 

[Lupus]

Another power alert sent to warn about possible load shedding due to the cold and the loss of some generation units.

 

[thestaggy]

Do we reach Friday without loadshedding? It's inevitable.

My gut told me Thursday afternoon/evening loadshedding would hit.

Eskom simply cannot handle a period of more than 2-3 days of serious cold weather.

 

[Lupus]

My gut told me Thursday afternoon/evening loadshedding would hit.

Eskom simply cannot handle a period of more than 2-3 days of serious cold weather.

Strangely they did, today is a bit of a surprise but mainly cause they lost a unit at Medupi