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Eskom reported that planned maintenance accounted for 6,462MW of losses, while breakdowns were at to 15,977MW of generating capacity.
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The mind boggles how so much capacity can be offline for 'reasons' for so ****ing long. I don't think I've seen that 16k decrease. Ever. Also, I'm not convinced it was due to breakdowns; they are running out of diesel, because it's around the time I had estimated a shift to stage 5/6 based on the data I had found in terms of stockpiles and consumption last week.
 
What gets me is, before we'd only be on these long stages for a day or 2, now it's pretty much permanent. It's like they just don't have the will to fix anything
 
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Brian_G said:
WED: Stage 4 until midnight.
THU: Stage 4 from midnight until 5am, then stage 5 until midnight.
FRI: Stage 5 from midnight until midnight (throughout the day).
SAT-SUN: Stage 5 from midnight until 5am, then stage 4 until 4pm, then stage 5 until midnight.
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all meaningless.
 
I'm pretty sure most of the power stations have degraded to a point where they need large components replaced and patchwork only last for a while.

If you look how quickly kusile broke from being abused the other power stations must be in really bad shape.
 
DarkSt0rm said:
The mind boggles how so much capacity can be offline for 'reasons' for so ****ing long. I don't think I've seen that 16k decrease. Ever. Also, I'm not convinced it was due to breakdowns; they are running out of diesel, because it's around the time I had estimated a shift to stage 5/6 based on the data I had found in terms of stockpiles and consumption last week.
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Probably plants that are due to be decommissioned in the next few years and are in need of major overhaul.
 
Lupus said:
Yeah looks like it was 2GW dropped, but not overnight as they said, as power alert after 12 was over 24GW now it's barely scraping 23GW
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I take full responsibility. Now we just need diesel to run out so we can go to stage 8.
 
Lupus said:
We already have an incredibly fragile system, adding on unreliable power on an unreliable grid? Isn't going to fix issues.
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You've been bought and sold by big base (oil, coal) my friend. They used to say it was price... Now that's gone, they just keep repeating the "base load fallacy" with no evidence -- just feels and "that's how we used to do it".
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You need
Solar + Wind + a bit of storage + peaker plants+ if you want a thin slither of continuous cheap power (Nuclear)

You don't need base load to do the majority of it. Only people peddling baseload still think you do.
 
richjdavies said:
You've been bought and sold by big oil my friend.
www.climatecouncil.org.au

11 countries leading the charge on renewable energy | Climate Council

Here are the top eleven countries using renewables—wind, electricity, geothermals—to lead the way to a low-carbon, zero emissions future.
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You need
Solar + Wind + a bit of storage + peaker plants+ if you want a thin slither of continuous cheap power (Nuclear)

You don't need base load to do the majority of it. Only people peddling baseload still think you do.
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Incorrect. There are days when the renewables here barely make 2GW... all day. Sorry, a bit of storage and some peaker plants aint gonna cut it.
 
richjdavies said:
You've been bought and sold by big oil my friend.
www.climatecouncil.org.au

11 countries leading the charge on renewable energy | Climate Council

Here are the top eleven countries using renewables—wind, electricity, geothermals—to lead the way to a low-carbon, zero emissions future.
www.climatecouncil.org.au www.climatecouncil.org.au

www.safa.sa.gov.au

Renewable Energy

www.safa.sa.gov.au www.safa.sa.gov.au


You need
Solar + Wind + a bit of storage + peaker plants+ if you want a thin slither of continuous cheap power (Nuclear)

You don't need base load to do the majority of it. Only people peddling baseload still think you do.
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You know big oil and coal love renewables right? As it still gives them the revenue.
You know what they don't like nuclear, as that leaves them without anything to supply
 
Sinbad said:
Incorrect. There are days when the renewables here barely make 2GW... all day. Sorry, a bit of storage and some peaker plants aint gonna cut it.
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We'd need Germany level of renewables which currently is 64GW of wind and 60GW of solar and that would just cover us
 
richjdavies said:
You've been bought and sold by big base (oil, coal) my friend. They used to say it was price... Now that's gone, they just keep repeating the "base load fallacy" with no evidence -- just feels and "that's how we used to do it".
www.climatecouncil.org.au

11 countries leading the charge on renewable energy | Climate Council

Here are the top eleven countries using renewables—wind, electricity, geothermals—to lead the way to a low-carbon, zero emissions future.
www.climatecouncil.org.au www.climatecouncil.org.au

www.safa.sa.gov.au

Renewable Energy

www.safa.sa.gov.au www.safa.sa.gov.au


You need
Solar + Wind + a bit of storage + peaker plants+ if you want a thin slither of continuous cheap power (Nuclear)

You don't need base load to do the majority of it. Only people peddling baseload still think you do.
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Sorry pal, you still need baseload.
 
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