Warning over ‘stage 10’ load shedding – and what it means for South Africa

RedViking

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rvZA said:
These guys are playing with small change the fu**nuts... Let's hit loadshedding stage 16,957,787 then it will be newsworthy.
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You have to exaggerate everything. Stage 16 maybe, 16 957 787 is impossible.
 
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susefan

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When eskom fully collapses it will be stage 24, meaning loadshedding for 24 hours a day.
 
obsidian86

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Isn't there like 14000mw permanently unavailable and loadshedding is just on top of it so technically

It's permanent stage 14 loadshedding plus whatever the current stage is
 
Mike Hoxbig

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obsidian86 said:
Isn't there like 14000mw permanently unavailable and loadshedding is just on top of it so technically

It's permanent stage 14 loadshedding plus whatever the current stage is
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It's based on demand. Each stage is 1000MW short of what can be supplied based on demand...
 
Sinbad

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I was looking at an old Eskom report on the first round of load shedding.

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The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Another rent-a-quote. Does he know Eskom reduces its scheduled maintenance in winter drastically+ Kusile (3 units) + Koeberg Unit 1 should all be supplying power to the grid by July.
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You do know that Koeberg Unit 2 will go offline then when Unit 1 comes back (on time, what are the chances of that?)? Kusile is just a hopeless case and will blow up soon after it's switched on.
 
The_Right_Honourable_Brit

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wingnut771 said:
You do know that Koeberg Unit 2 will go offline then when Unit 1 comes back (on time, what are the chances of that?)? Kusile is just a hopeless case and will blow up soon after it's switched on.
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Nope. It's going off 3 months afterwards in about October. Remember, a bunch of foreigners are helping Eskom on this complex task, so I'm hoping they can put some productivity into Eskom's workforce.

The strange think about of the 3 units offline at Kusile, only the one is physically damaged - the other two actually produced power for a few weeks after the incident, so I'm hopeful at least 2 can be restarted safely within months.
 
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The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Nope. It's going off 3 months afterwards in about October. Remember, a bunch of foreigners are helping Eskom on this complex task, so I'm hoping they can put some productivity into Eskom's workforce.

The strange think about of the 3 units offline at Kusile, only the one is physically damaged - the other two actually produced power for a few weeks after the incident, so I'm hopeful at least 2 can be restarted safely within months.
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Plus diesel will be back by March
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
No even they're not that dumb. This time we will suffer through the year and the diesel will be kept for next year. Just in time to "fix" load shedding before elections...
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We suffer already. A year is a long time. We will probably be on stage 8 by then, not even diesel can save us then if they run everything as that is only 2.5 stages.
 
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