Kriel power station trips, taking 2,000MW with it

[Brian_G]

You've set the mood (candles, stove, a movie on the Xplora). All you need then is a woman. A warm woman.

 

[Lupus]

and when they run out, or the sun isn't shining,

time to fire up the Gen set and watch as it slowly eats up your savings in Diesel

They'll last til the next sun rise

 

[Magnum]

My moer. Wet coal and mist. How the hell does the United Kingdom keep their lights on with all the wet weather they have... ????

by hitting 41 Degrees celcius....

 

[gotaway]

Eskom said it currently has 1,018MW offline on planned maintenance, while another 17,022MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.

> 18,000MW offline. And more that 15,000MW being offline at any given time start to feel like normal.
@ 1,000MW being shed per stage, that is effectively 18 stages of loadshedding (buffer) that is gone today....

SNAFU does not even come close. The above might have become the 'new normal', but I'd prefer it just being AFU, not really willing to accept the SN part

 

[gotaway]

I'd like to hear more on this, "possible heavy mist". Can frame it next to the firepool memorandum.

More like a brain fog than a morning mist!

 

[gotaway]

The lull in load shedding was never going to last long. They don't call it suspended without reason

Loadshedding was in remission from the cANCer!

 

[SilverCode]

Car battery to run the Explora's recording.
Gas heater and stove.
Candles...

What else does one need?

A functioning government would be nice...

 

[blaaislaai]

Still no LS announcement for tonight?

 

[Brian_G]

Still no LS announcement for tonight?

Sshhhhh !

 

[bwana]

Still no LS announcement for tonight?

Nope - looks like we're safe.

 

[Brian_G]

I don't suppose they publish a list of what's expected to go back online everyday?

 

[grok]

I don't suppose they publish a list of what's expected to go back online everyday?

They'll probably let us know once the mist has lifted..

 

[Lupus]

> 18,000MW offline. And more that 15,000MW being offline at any given time start to feel like normal.
@ 1,000MW being shed per stage, that is effectively 18 stages of loadshedding (buffer) that is gone today....

SNAFU does not even come close. The above might have become the 'new normal', but I'd prefer it just being AFU, not really willing to accept the SN part

You don't really want more than a few GW over the demand, to much power can have consequences as well.

 

[ronnie_94]

Still no LS announcement for tonight?

Family meeting at 8pm which is my guess as to why no mention of ls yet.

 

[Lupus]

Family meeting at 8pm which is my guess as to why no mention of ls yet.

This is a real crisis

 

[tyerone]

we should have had LS last night

Evening Peak Feedback 25/07/2022, 18:42
Total demand: 30 889MW
Interruptible Load Supply: 450MW
Virtual Power Station: 154MW
Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 16 IPP OCGTs: 6
Renewable Gen: 1 680MW (Wind 1 428MW, CSP 252MW)
@Eskom_SA
Available Generation Capacity: 30 122MW
@EskomSpokesper1

 

[Brian_G]

we should have had LS last night...

Probably done with this shyte anyway, anc to the rescue now. lol

 

[Lupus]

we should have had LS last night

Evening Peak Feedback 25/07/2022, 18:42
Total demand: 30 889MW
Interruptible Load Supply: 450MW
Virtual Power Station: 154MW
Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 16 IPP OCGTs: 6
Renewable Gen: 1 680MW (Wind 1 428MW, CSP 252MW)
@Eskom_SA
Available Generation Capacity: 30 122MW
@EskomSpokesper1

Nope the OCTGS covered us.

 

[Brian_G]

Nope the OCTGS covered us.

Mist-proof?

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Nope the OCTGS covered us.

Yep they forced to use it so that Cyril can have his speech hehe