Medupi fires up

Unit 6 is the first of the six Medupi units that is scheduled to be synchronised to the national electricity grid on December 24 this year.
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I was under the impression that synchronisation will only be achieved next year. Holding thumbs that this overly priced project goes smoothly from hereon out.
 
McT said:
I was under the impression that synchronisation will only be achieved next year. Holding thumbs that this overly priced project goes smoothly from hereon out.
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That was full power (for that unit) I think.

Nice to see some tangible progress.
 
Twenty years too late because the ANC had (when ESKOM first pointed out that new power stations were a necessity) no mechanism in place to divert funds to the Party and comrades.
 
I think MyBB should do a competition. Person that predicts the date of the first run of production of longer than 30 days gets a prize.
 
T-Man said:
I think MyBB should do a competition. Person that predicts the date of the first run of production of longer than 30 days gets a prize.
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nah - I think once it starts up I think it should be fine.

Thats if the dodgy Hitachi welding was fixed properly.
 
Had a meeting with eskom today about an unrelated project. Tge earliest it will go on line would be end of this year. But it is likely next year
 
nightjar said:
Twenty years too late because the ANC had (when ESKOM first pointed out that new power stations were a necessity) no mechanism in place to divert funds to the Party and comrades.
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Could not say it better my self.

This is all fine and well and adds new supply that the country needs, but in a world where everyone is using wind and solar this does not sound very exciting or appealing any more.
 
“The Medupi engineering team hand delivered the submission documentation to the Department of Labour offices in Polokwane on October 10 and ensured that due processes had been followed and that all relevant documentation was in place to avoid any delays in the evaluation. This initiative shortened the time required for evaluation on site,” Eskom said.
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Seeing as this project is about 4 years behind this is not really an achievement...

EDIT: Check this article.
 
Knersus said:
This is all fine and well and adds new supply that the country needs, but in a world where everyone is using wind and solar this does not sound very exciting or appealing any more.
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Ya but, on a purely selfish level, SA has loads of coal reserves which are relatively easy to exploit, offer more opportunities for graft and pose a far less danger than unqualified comrades playing with Chernobyl-type technology which seems to be the direction in which Number One has his wallet aimed.
 
nightjar said:
Ya but, on a purely selfish level, SA has loads of coal reserves which are relatively easy to exploit, offer more opportunities for graft and pose a far less danger than unqualified comrades playing with Chernobyl-type technology which seems to be the direction in which Number One has his wallet aimed.
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That ^
 
This article is bitter sweet. It should be a moment of joy and triumph, but all the crap around it has been too much.

But it will get worse with the nuke deal with Russia. We aint seen nothing yet...

Everyone wants details on the nuke deal, but we will never know. Think of Gauteng Etolls. They were done as part of the world cup. Next minute we being charged for the roads we already paid for.
 
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Drove past the Jeffrey's Bay Wind Farm, was awesome. Almost trippy watching all those rotating turbines.
 
Medupi's first flame - what a moment! This is a very exciting milestone.


nexxus said:
Drove past the Jeffrey's Bay Wind Farm, was awesome. Almost trippy watching all those rotating turbines.
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Yeah, I see the wind farm whenever I drive in from the Langkloof. It's thrilling to see that tech and the engineering and the scale. But when I remember it's all so unnecessary, the anger returns. Also, it's a blerry eyesore, blighting the landscape. A monument to folly, in my view. ;)
 
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nightjar said:
Ya but, on a purely selfish level, SA has loads of coal reserves which are relatively easy to exploit, offer more opportunities for graft and pose a far less danger than **unqualified comrades playing with Chernobyl-type technology which seems to be the direction in which Number One has his wallet aimed.**
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Very true.
 
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