poweralert stage 2.....

[wingnut771]

Good move by Eskom...not sure why it will take so long?

Ready, steady, gas: Eskom kicks off bid to switch two plants from diesel to natural gas | Business

Eskom has finally put out a request for proposal to supply Gourikwa power plant in Mosselbay and Ankerlig power station in Atlantis with natural gas.

www.news24.com

I’m sure I can find a 2007 article saying the same thing.

 

[Lukitz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1668320112862953474

 

[William1102]

Eskom must be doing well only had 45 minutes out of 2 hours randomly switched the area back on when we supposed to be off

 

[Temujin]

Vee found us

 

[The_Librarian]

Eskom must be doing well only had 45 minutes out of 2 hours randomly switched the area back on when we supposed to be off

They just want to make sure you won't be forgetting them too soon... Payday is just round the corner...

 

[wingnut771]

Station build-up for the last 7 days - Eskom Data Portal

This shows how resources were used to build-up the demand over the past 7 days, and it includes both generation and demand side resources that Eskom has contracts with.

www.eskom.co.za

System hourly demand and available capacity - Eskom Data Portal

Hourly demand is compared against available capacity, to indicate the amount of surplus/shortfall there was. Available capacity must be matched with the total RSA contracted demand.

www.eskom.co.za

Pumped storage generating hours, gas generation & manual load reduction - Eskom Data Portal

The graph below indicates how primary fuel consrained resources where utilized during the past 7 days. Pump storage Gen Unit Hours is the amount of hours that one unit at a pump storage station can generate based on the amount of water still available in the dams. These dams are required to be...

www.eskom.co.za

 

[DarkSt0rm]

Holy nuts JHB is cold

 

[Lupus]

Holy nuts JHB is cold

It's alright

 

[wingnut771]

Holy nuts JHB is cold

Keen to see what demand is tonight. I think the tanking economy is saving us as hundreds of businesses close down.

 

[Brian_G]

Holy nuts JHB is cold

It's alright

Started warmer this morning even though there were unexpected clouds. Should warm up again soon.

 

[Brian_G]

Keen to see what demand is tonight. I think the tanking economy is saving us as hundreds of businesses close down.

Relatively very low diesel usage being reported. Hope you're wrong about acceleration of the closures, would rather have no power.

 

[Lupus]

Started warmer this morning even though there were unexpected clouds. Should warm up again soon.

Yeah those clouds sigh, second day I didn't start the pool pump early, going to start it now, but also don't want to as that water is ice and I need to change a pipe.

 

[pinball wizard]

Started warmer this morning even though there were unexpected clouds. Should warm up again soon.

windy.com still predicts a max of 13.

 

[Brian_G]

Yeah those clouds sigh, second day I didn't start the pool pump early, going to start it now, but also don't want to as that water is ice and I need to change a pipe.

So you're saying the water is too cold for you?

 

[Lupus]

windy.com still predicts a max of 13.

Here in JHB you can't go with that, each area will be up too 3 degrees difference. I mean the South of JHB will be 12 and we will be 15, Midrand will be 16 to 17.

 

[Brian_G]

windy.com still predicts a max of 13.

15 for my area

 

[pinball wizard]

Here in JHB you can't go with that, each area will be up too 3 degrees difference. I mean the South of JHB will be 12 and we will be 15, Midrand will be 16 to 17.

I don't like any of those options.

 

[pinball wizard]

15 for my area

The east rand is always a bit colder than you snobs.

 

[Jam Sandwich]

Its not too bad if you are in the sun but out of the wind.
I suspect tomorrow morning will be a frosty one though...

 

[Brian_G]

The east rand is always a bit colder than you snobs.

Snob area, but we're lower class