poweralert stage 2.....

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Lupus said:
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Actually a bit better then previous days at this time, but I can see why they'd need stage 2 as they probably keeping the diesel for peaks.
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Well they haven't stated until-further-notice, so x-condition is on the edge and maybe not worried about weekend. I'm going to guess back to current normal tomorrow.
 
Brian_G said:
Well they haven't stated until-further-notice, so x-condition is on the edge and maybe not worried about weekend. I'm going to guess back to current normal tomorrow.
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Hoping so, I've liked this having only 3 days shed, 1 day off... Besides Sunday
 
I guess they can do weekend maintenance, 3 steps back 2 steps forward though (600MW short):

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 www.eskom.co.za
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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 www.eskom.co.za
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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 www.eskom.co.za
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Lupus said:
Frak me, Eskom announces stage 2 and the clouds roll on in.
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You can have your share now. :laugh: I had to charge my batteries from the grid since Sunday morning. Today I can charge via the big fireball in the sky again.
 
Grieta Thanburg said:
You can have your share now. :laugh: I had to charge my batteries from the grid since Sunday morning. Today I can charge via the big fireball in the sky again.
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I was charging them perfectly fine via the fireball in the sky till 10am, then it just start ramping down, now it's sort of working but I've gone blend as the wife is running the dishwasher.
 
Fokkol sun. Only a bit on the mountain.
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Hmm this now shows that stage 2 wasn't really needed, but hmmm does show possible stage 4 tonight, but this is just a forecast.
 
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