Lupus
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Kusile has a few modifications that Medupi doesn't right now, so it is highly possible
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You really shouldn't speak of things you have no idea of.
Seeing a power station from out in the street don't mean you can just eye ball thing and decide that its EAF can't be faked because you can "see" it. Well, you sort of can as the Eskom power stations have a unit online indication you can see at a distance and if you set up a web cam for a month or however long it would at least give you online time but wouldn't tell you of load losses.
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I'm just meh negative this morning 
Expecting things to go south sooner or later.
Must be just me then.
Expecting things to go south sooner or later.
Must be just me then.
Mike Hoxbig
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It should be 90%+ considering it's a new station. The fact that it's as low as 70% is embarrassing...
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It's mostly who runs it. Kusile seems to be under the tutelage of managers who don't have too much of a clue.
wingnut771
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Sauce?
Are you saying the working units are outputting at 100% of their design capacity?
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That is literally impossible unless they really want to damage them beyond the state of repair.
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soulie
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i prefer steers monkey gland .
wingnut771
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I know how to spell source, sauce just sounds juicier.
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soulie
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wahahaha.
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Most reliable. Horse's mouth type. Deep throat.
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It's not embarrassing given where they started and the shoddy construction, short cuts like sub quality boiler tube materials. sub quality piping material, etc.
Yeah, no dude. 70 to 80% is within the acceptable range. You won't get to 90%+
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Availability factor - Wikipedia
Capacity factor - Wikipedia
There is some confusion on what EAF is, it's not the capacity of the plant it's the availability of the power from the plant, it's not related to capacity. Though capacity is still capped on power plants, the nameplate capacity is the maximum limit of the plant, it's like your car could do 200km/h but you don't all the time.
wingnut771
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Scale of Eskom crisis laid bare in five charts - TechCentral
South Africa’s energy supply crisis worsened significantly in 2022 – especially in the second half of the year – and things could get even worse.
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Load-shedding from 2007 to 2021 — De Ruyter vs other Eskom CEOs
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Lupus
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Nuclear could hit an eaf of 90%
wingnut771
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Right, so Medupi is outputting at 35% capacity 70% of the time. Got it.Availability factor - Wikipedia
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Capacity factor - Wikipedia
There is some confusion on what EAF is, it's not the capacity of the plant it's the availability of the power from the plant, it's not related to capacity. Though capacity is still capped on power plants, the nameplate capacity is the maximum limit of the plant, it's like your car could do 200km/h but you don't all the time.
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