Kusile quick-fix will take at least 10 months - Eskom

[Jan]

Kusile disaster — "fast-track" repairs will take at least ten months

Eskom's' plan to "fast-track" repairs on its troublesome Kusile power station's three offline generators will involve installing temporary flues. The first unit will take more than eight months to complete.

The second and third units will take an additional month each to be returned to the grid.

 

[quovadis]

 

[Tomtomtom]

 

[FiestaST]

10 Months or 10 Years it makes no real difference anymore.

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

10 Months or 10 Years it makes no real difference anymore.

"at least ten months" and we all know what "at least" means in Eskom/ANC speak. Nothing. It means nothing.

 

[Lupus]

Hey they said load shedding will be fixed in 18 months... 7 years ago

 

[Enzo Matrix]

Fk the anc and fk eskom

 

[Inertia]

In February 2023, an internal report by Eskom’s assurance and forensics department revealed that the power utility’s managers went against the advice of engineers, resulting in the chimney’s collapse.

Eskom managers issued an instruction to ramp up Kusile’s unit one generator to full capacity, contrary to the advice of the power utility’s engineers.

Wekka's wekking

 

[Grubscrew]

Fk the anc and fk eskom

I would like to add "uc" x 2 to the above statement.

 

[Grubscrew]

Fk the anc and fk eskom

I would like to add "uc" x 2 to the above statement.

 

[Temujin]

So, what you're actually saying is, 'we haven't started doing repairs yet and are still planning to plan the planning stage of fixing it'

 

[Neptuner]

Why does a temp job take 8 months? for fxck sake the contractors working at Eskom are useless.

 

[Enzo Matrix]

Why does a temp job take 8 months? for fxck sake the contractors working at Eskom are useless.

There is no quick fix for that. Speed to repair is the last thing the cadres care about. The longer it takes the more they earn

Until power and everything else is privatised we are in for a tough time.

Even pot holes are now being repaired by citizens and body corporates.

Welcome to Africa

 

[TheChamp]

Why does a temp job take 8 months? for fxck sake the contractors working at Eskom are useless.

You will find that the duration is mostly due to red tape than the actual work.
Example,

However, this is subject to approval from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE), for which the power utility is still waiting.

And we have to hope that there is no aggrieved competitor or some green protesters who will run to court and interdict the project.

 

[Neptuner]

You will find that the duration is mostly due to red tape than the actual work.
Example,



And we have to hope that there is no aggrieved competitor or some green protesters who will run to court and interdict the project.

What are you talking about? this is rework, this work is most likely still under guarantee. I doubt this duct work requires 8-10months especially given that its temporary, this is just a pathetic timeline. No sense of urgency.

 

[r00igev@@r]

I always thought Hitachi made excavators. Boilers was a stretch.

 

[r00igev@@r]

How can you have 3 units relying on a single chimney? FFS???

 

[Neptuner]

I always thought Hitachi made excavators. Boilers was a stretch.

Doubt they did this work. They probably sub-contracted this with the smoke stacks.

 

[Neptuner]

How can you have 3 units relying on a single chimney? FFS???

For economical reasons. All of the coal plants are designed like this. Not the first of its kind. Matla power station had to throw down an entire smoke stack due to construction defects in 1981.

 

[r00igev@@r]

For economical reasons. All of the coal plants are designed like this. Not the first of its kind. Matla power station had to throw down an entire smoke stack due to construction defects in 1981.

Ja nee. They saved a lot of money on the cheapest component of the build.