UPDATE: Due to lower weekend demand loadshedding will lowered to Stage 1 from 22:00 until 05:00 on Monday.

[Koosvanwyk]

Employ a CEO of a packaging company to manage a massive energy firm, this is what you land up with.

Appoint a person with no school education as president and see what happens

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Evening Peak Feedback 04/05/2022, 18:47
Total demand: 31 762MW
Loadshedding: 2100MW
Interruptible Load Supply: 447MW
Virtual PowerStation: 223MW
Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 14
IPP OCGT's:2
Ren Gen: 477MW(Wind 189MW, CSP 252MW, PV 36MW)
@Eskom_SA Available Generation Capacity: 28 990MW

 

[R13...]

Oberholzer

From Jan 1 2021 to end April 2021 - 29 days of load shedding

From Jan 1 2022 to end April 2022 - 25 says of load shedding- four less than last year, but it is worrying that there were four days of Stage 4 load shedding.

We have to be ready for demand coming.

All six units of Medupi are in operation. There was an own goal with an explosion at one unit at Medupi.

At Kusile - only 3 of 6 are in commercial operation.

Because of the lack of time with Medupi and Kusile - there were design defects.

@Gaz{M} - thought you might be interested re Kusile. So there is a fair whack of new capacity due to come online due to the extraordinary delays.

This COO sure seems not to know much about power generation. Or accepting BS from his subordinates.

How can 6 units be in operation at Medupi when they blew one up? What does he mean? And about the defects? It's a load of crock. The design defects aren't regular defects, they're shortcuts contractors took to profit from the chaos and tried to pad profits by using substandard materials and general shoddy work. Seems Eskom QA and engineering were either incompetent or bribed to overlook said defects. Basics like NDT don't seem to have been performed. Acceptance tests neither given the state of their systems at those power stations.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Evening Peak Feedback 04/05/2022, 18:47
Total demand: 31 762MW
Loadshedding: 2100MW
Interruptible Load Supply: 447MW
Virtual PowerStation: 223MW
Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 14
IPP OCGT's:2
Ren Gen: 477MW(Wind 189MW, CSP 252MW, PV 36MW)
@Eskom_SA Available Generation Capacity: 28 990MW

Wow, that's super high demand...but also expected given that it's winter now. I see PV has made an appearance in the renewable energy space. I thought CSP was solar as well?

 

[R13...]

Wow, that's super high demand...but also expected given that it's winter now. I see PV has made an appearance in the renewable energy space. I thought CSP was solar as well?

Guess they want to differentiate CSP to direct PV. CSP is solar but different in that it doesn't use solar panels but mirrors.

 

[joshuatree]

Didn't get shed tonight- was supposed to between 18h00-20h30. COCT.

 

[TheChamp]

Didn't get shed tonight- was supposed to between 18h00-20h30. COCT.

I even forgot we are supposed to be loadshedding, not affected since it was announced yesterday.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

This COO sure seems not to know much about power generation. Or accepting BS from his subordinates.

How can 6 units be in operation at Medupi when they blew one up? What does he mean? And about the defects? It's a load of crock. The design defects aren't regular defects, they're shortcuts contractors took to profit from the chaos and tried to pad profits by using substandard materials and general shoddy work. Seems Eskom QA and engineering were either incompetent or bribed to overlook said defects. Basics like NDT don't seem to have been performed. Acceptance tests neither given the state of their systems at those power stations.

its Africa baby, they are winning at everything they do, Bribes and corruption and sabotage and nepotism at every turn ,
welcome to how they do things in Africa, nothing surprising about ANY of it.
look how they fail to run anything worthwhile on their own, its always broken down, and shoddy. classic case of broken Window syndrome,

people see the Chaos in Goverment, see how they get away with murder, and think why not, lets do some corruption of our own.

 

[Gaz{M}]

This COO sure seems not to know much about power generation. Or accepting BS from his subordinates.

How can 6 units be in operation at Medupi when they blew one up? What does he mean? And about the defects? It's a load of crock. The design defects aren't regular defects, they're shortcuts contractors took to profit from the chaos and tried to pad profits by using substandard materials and general shoddy work. Seems Eskom QA and engineering were either incompetent or bribed to overlook said defects. Basics like NDT don't seem to have been performed. Acceptance tests neither given the state of their systems at those power stations.

Remember, at Medupi, the boiler contract went to a company that specializes in Generators and the Generator contract went to a company that specializes in Boilers. I'm not kidding.

 

[Forum Reader]

Didn't get shed tonight- was supposed to between 18h00-20h30. COCT.

Same thing happened to me last night. In Morningside Sandton. Supposed to be load shedded between 22h00 and 00h30 last night. It never went off. Hope they didn't screw up the schedules.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Same thing happened to me last night. In Morningside Sandton. Supposed to be load shedded between 22h00 and 00h30 last night. It never went off. Hope they didn't screw up the schedules.

schedules, that's just a western concept that has no meaning,
we loadshed when we want, and you just got to live with it pleb, and remember to vote ANC, as they done such a fantastic job so far.

 

[Forum Reader]

schedules, that's just a western concept that has no meaning,
we loadshed when we want, and you just got to live with it pleb, and remember to vote ANC, as they done such a fantastic job so far.

I've had times where they seemed to forget to switch off and it would go off sometimes 30 or 40 mins later. This is the first time that it was completely skipped.

Tuesday night also had same time schedule. Went off at 22h17 instead of 22h00 on that day.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I've had times where they seemed to forget to switch off and it would go off sometimes 30 or 40 mins later. This is the first time that it was completely skipped.

Tuesday night also had same time schedule. Went off at 22h17 instead of 22h00 on that day.

the so called schedules are an absolute joke, I've never been able to figure out what "block" or "time" is set for my area,
sometimes its correct, but that's only about 50% of the time.

used ESP location function, and its not helped one bit

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Evening Peak Feedback 05/05/2022, 18:15
Total Demand: 31 299MW
Loadshedding: 2 200MW
Virtual Power Station: 154MW
Eskom OCGTs Utilised: 14
IPP OCGTs Utilised: 6
Renewable Generation: 605MW (Wind 317MW, CSP 251MW, PV 37MW)
@Eskom_SA Available Generation: 28 649MW


Getting close to maximum amount of OCGT's requires to meet the peak demand

 

[Lupus]

Evening Peak Feedback 05/05/2022, 18:15
Total Demand: 31 299MW
Loadshedding: 2 200MW
Virtual Power Station: 154MW
Eskom OCGTs Utilised: 14
IPP OCGTs Utilised: 6
Renewable Generation: 605MW (Wind 317MW, CSP 251MW, PV 37MW)
@Eskom_SA Available Generation: 28 649MW


Getting close to maximum amount of OCGT's requires to meet the peak demand

They would need 6 more on the Eskom side

 

[Brian_G]

Jo'burg north-east suburbs (Block 9) had a 5 hour failure yesterday, first 2 hours were normal LS.

Doubt they'll let us off today though..

 

[Sinbad]

Jo'burg north-east suburbs (Block 9) had a 5 hour failure yesterday, first 2 hours were normal LS.

Doubt they'll let us off today though..

Daughter's power has been off since Wednesday. Still not restored... (Bryanston north area)

 

[Lupus]

Jo'burg north-east suburbs (Block 9) had a 5 hour failure yesterday, first 2 hours were normal LS.

Doubt they'll let us off today though..

Why would they let you off? They don't let anyone off, I've seen areas been off for 34 hours and power came back for 5 and load shedding.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Why would they let you off? They don't let anyone off, I've seen areas been off for 34 hours and power came back for 5 and load shedding.

We haven't had load shedding for a single slot all week...

 

[Lupus]

We haven't had load shedding for a single slot all week...

Aren't you on solar