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But the 5GW was supposed to come onlineblack excellence:
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Just wait until dec and jan, those are the times the numbers fall off the chart.View attachment 1620695
Lowest EAF since May... Yeah look at how well Eskom is doing, I mean they literally lost 3% since last month, unplanned outages sitting at 4% higher, what the hell happened in Nov? It's not extra maintenance.
black excellence.But the 5GW was supposed to come online
They dropped their planned maintenance by something like 2GW. I wonder if that isn't the issue.View attachment 1620695
Lowest EAF since May... Yeah look at how well Eskom is doing, I mean they literally lost 3% since last month, unplanned outages sitting at 4% higher, what the hell happened in Nov? It's not extra maintenance.
Don't think so, as even when maintenance was at 13% it was still BSThey dropped their planned maintenance by something like 2GW. I wonder if that isn't the issue.
They've fallen back to their tried and tested failing approach of maintain as little as possible and burn diesel.
Just wait until dec and jan, those are the times the numbers fall off the chart.
Is that you, Ted Blom?If you had to ask me my opinion, its like this-
Someone told Ramadingdong and his friends what the people think of them, and I think they went "Oh shiiiiiiiit! "Hau we betta do someting".
They are probably running the generation fleet flat out, foot to the floor, pedal to the metal, as they have done in the past. When the inevitable breakdowns occur, y'all going to see what Stage 7 or 8 feels like.
It is inevitable, not only because of the ANC, but because African countries all go one way, and it's not up!
Summer maintenance.But why?
Thought that was started very early this year? Sure looked like it..Summer maintenance.
That mystical period where we had no loadshedding coincided with the drop in maintenance levels.Don't think so, as even when maintenance was at 13% it was still BS
Actually it was when they burnt a lot of diesel and kusile was "up" that didn't last, only 9 days, we've had a total of 12 days of no LS this year.That mystical period where we had no loadshedding coincided with the drop in maintenance levels.
Since that period it's been downhill at a rate we're not used to seeing from Eskom.
I'm not saying correlation equals causation. I'm just pointing out there is definitely correlation.
The way I understand it is they do it around that time because demand is at its lowest for the year.Thought that was started very early this year? Sure looked like it..
Yes. At that same period they also dropped from 6GW of maintenance to 3-4GW.Actually it was when they burnt a lot of diesel and kusile was "up" that didn't last, only 9 days, we've had a total of 12 days of no LS this year.
Even a fool like me can see it just at a glanceThat mystical period where we had no loadshedding coincided with the drop in maintenance levels.
Since that period it's been downhill at a rate we're not used to seeing from Eskom.
I'm not saying correlation equals causation. I'm just pointing out there is definitely correlation.
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Lowest EAF since May... Yeah look at how well Eskom is doing, I mean they literally lost 3% since last month, unplanned outages sitting at 4% higher, what the hell happened in Nov? It's not extra maintenance.
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Loss of unit at Medupi a concern that is receiving attention, says Ramokgopa
Generating units at Eskom produced an average of 26,499MW on the week between November 13 and 17 — 2,000MW less than the week before — resulting in load-shedding reaching stage 3.www.timeslive.co.za
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Lowest EAF since May... Yeah look at how well Eskom is doing, I mean they literally lost 3% since last month, unplanned outages sitting at 4% higher, what the hell happened in Nov? It's not extra maintenance.
That's about 9 powerships.They supposed to be getting 3.7GW back by Tuesday (lol).