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CrypticZA said:
Hmm smells fishy

They didn't add the 20 gas turbines getting us to 27...

Their plan is probably make things look fine this week then Cyril can brag how everything is under control and then boom Friday

"we have implemented stage 5 loadshedding"
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Lets see the graphs this afternoon.
 
DarkSt0rm said:
One of the new Medupi units must have come online
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There aren't any new Medupi units, there is one that blew up that is taking till next year to fix. Kusile might have had one unit come online.
 
CrypticZA said:
Hmm smells fishy

They didn't add the 20 gas turbines getting us to 27...

Their plan is probably make things look fine this week then Cyril can brag how everything is under control and then boom Friday

"we have implemented stage 5 loadshedding"
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Saturday was also over 27GW, if they had added all 20 Eskom OCTGs + the IPP we'd not have had load shedding during the weekend.
 
The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Unit 5 only to come online in December this year: https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/a...n-at-kusile-unit-5-by-up-to-a-year-2022-10-19

Units 5 and 6 of Kusile are set for June and November this year: https://www.powermag.com/chimney-failure-takes-out-unit-at-kusile-one-of-worlds-biggest-coal-plants/
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Remember reading that only 1 or two of the units were running, so one or all of 1 through 4 must have come on? I don't see anything else that could have added so much capacity.
 
DarkSt0rm said:
Remember reading that only 1 or two of the units were running, so one or all of 1 through 4 must have come on? I don't see anything else that could have added so much capacity.
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Yes, only 1/4 at Kusile are actually running. Other 3 are out of commission although Eskom is trying to make temporary adjustments to the units so that they can come online faster, however, Eskom penned that at Dec. 2023 as well. But I'm also confused by the substantial increase in generating capacity.
 
The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Yes, only 1/4 at Kusile are actually running. Other 3 are out of commission although Eskom is trying to make temporary adjustments to the units so that they can come online faster, however, Eskom penned that at Dec. 2023 as well. But I'm also confused by the substantial increase in generating capacity.
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Stuff magical starts working when RAMAPOPO need to speak.
 
Lupus said:
That's Kusile unit 5, Medupi unit 5 went online in 2016, it was unit 4 that blew up in 2021 and is going to be fixed in 2024.
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and Medupi 1 to 3?

The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Yes, only 1/4 at Kusile are actually running. Other 3 are out of commission although Eskom is trying to make temporary adjustments to the units so that they can come online faster, however, Eskom penned that at Dec. 2023 as well. But I'm also confused by the substantial increase in generating capacity.
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I'm talking about Medupi not Kusile btw :)

Is there a new coal station they have been hiding under the sheets for a rainy day or something?!
 
DarkSt0rm said:
and Medupi 1 to 3?


I'm talking about Medupi not Kusile btw :)

Is there a new coal station they have been hiding under the sheets for a rainy day or something?!
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1 to 3, 5 and 6 are apparently working
 
The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Yes, only 1/4 at Kusile are actually running. Other 3 are out of commission although Eskom is trying to make temporary adjustments to the units so that they can come online faster, however, Eskom penned that at Dec. 2023 as well. But I'm also confused by the substantial increase in generating capacity.
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