poweralert stage 2.....

[Lupus]

Isn't that what they're doing? No need for gas as you have to import that all the time.

Nah they are building an external solar plant

 

[Lupus]

There is a 35MW SMR in Pelindaba being built for the low low price of R9 billion.

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Well yeah our currency doesn't help, but also 35MW of reliable power is a bargain

Scatec To Construct Three Kenhardt Solar PV Plants in South Africa

The three projects (Kenhardt 1-3) will have a total capacity of 540 MW with a 225 MW/1,140 MWh lithium-ion battery storage system, making it arguably one of the largest single-site solars with storage hybrids in the world. The solar power plants will provide 150 MW of dispatchable power to the...

solarquarter.com

16 billion for "150"MW with solar that'll be 35MW

 

[wingnut771]

Well yeah our currency doesn't help, but also 35MW of reliable power is a bargain

Scatec To Construct Three Kenhardt Solar PV Plants in South Africa

The three projects (Kenhardt 1-3) will have a total capacity of 540 MW with a 225 MW/1,140 MWh lithium-ion battery storage system, making it arguably one of the largest single-site solars with storage hybrids in the world. The solar power plants will provide 150 MW of dispatchable power to the...

solarquarter.com

16 billion for "150"MW with solar that'll be 35MW

and yet South Africa "built" 5000MW in one year for the low low price of fokkal.

 

[Lupus]

and yet South Africa "built" 5000MW in one year for the low low price of fokkal.

Claimed...

 

[wingnut771]

Claimed...

The imported PV numbers are "claimed"?

 

[Lupus]

The imported PV numbers are "claimed"?

From residents

 

[wingnut771]

From residents

Isn't it from SARS/Customs?

 

[Lupus]

Isn't it from SARS/Customs?

Hmmm no idea

 

[DStvNothingOn]

Yes SARS makes the rules and and enforces them, so the custom agents at airports etc are SARS employees.
and you pay Duties etc to SARS for imports

Hmmm no idea

Isn't it from SARS/Customs?

 

[Temujin]

They should rather just have every house fitted with panels, batteries and gas. That would help immensely and save costs.

This should be standard Eskom rollout nationwide. As asked before, where is eskoms solar division? Why no forward planning? They should be installing to houses direct, and instead of paying your monthly electricity bill, you'd be paying a 'solar rental bill', all feeding back onto grid. Instead of making loses with people who can afford to go off grid, they could have still been minting it for their solar rental business.

 

[wingnut771]

Pump water back at night = 2.5GW
Use water at peak = 1.5GW + 800MW diesel.
Got to keep those hairdressers happy:

 

[wingnut771]

 

[Roger Banana]

power alert looking crazy good.

 

[wingnut771]

power alert looking crazy good.

Peak demand of 26GW is crazy bad.

 

[Unhappy1]

Peak demand of 26GW is crazy bad.

Crazy low, i wouldn't say bad. Unless you think its a sign of the economy but i dont think we can read into the figures that way anymore.

 

[Lupus]

Peak demand of 26GW is crazy bad.

27724 is the peak demand?

 

[wingnut771]

Crazy low, i wouldn't say bad. Unless you think its a sign of the economy but i dont think we can read into the figures that way anymore.

Low = bad. Lets see what the first cold front brings.

 

[Unhappy1]

27724 is the peak demand?

Probably referring to the weekend.

 

[wingnut771]

27724 is the peak demand?

Yes, I just eyeballed it and rounded down:

 

[Unhappy1]

Low = bad. Lets see what the first cold front brings.

How does low = bad then?