Eskom has returned Kusile power station\u2019s unit 1 to service, and it is on load, the utility announced on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe unit is returned to service a month and a half ahead of the original schedule and brings an additional 800MW into the grid,\u201d Eskom stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is after Kusile Unit 3 was returned to service on 30 September 2023 and consistently delivering 800MW.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eskom said the return of both units signifies that it is on the right path to reducing and ultimately ending load-shedding.<\/p>\n
Kusile units 1, 2, and 3 were taken offline due to the collapse<\/strong><\/a> of a part of the flue duct in late October 2022.<\/p>\n Faulty emission control systems and human errors led to a cement-like deposit forming<\/strong><\/a> in the flue-gas duct of the Kusile power station, causing a part of the chimney-like structure to collapse on 23 October 2022.<\/p>\n Eskom publicly confirmed<\/strong><\/a> the failure at the power station near Emalahleni in Mpumalanga on 2 November 2022 \u2014 10 days after it occurred.<\/p>\n Photos of the wrecked chimney began circulating on social media, after which Eskom quickly issued a media statement.<\/p>\n It explained a section of the duct exiting the sulphur dioxide absorber failed on the horizontal rubber expansion joint and compensator.<\/p>\n \u201c[The compensator] is a bend to direct flue gas up the [duct] and allow for thermal expansion of the chimney,\u201d Eskom explained.<\/p>\n The failure occurred while Kusile Unit 1 was on forced shutdown for flue-gas desulphuration (FGD) recirculating pump repairs.<\/p>\n Unit 3 continued to operate for several days before being taken offline as a preventative measure.<\/p>\n Eskom applied for an exemption from emissions limitations to expedite the repair using a temporary stack while the FGD structure is repaired.<\/p>\n The FGD is designed to help lower harmful emissions from the burning of coal.<\/p>\n The National Air Quality Officer has granted Eskom a once-off postponement on the compliance timeframes for minimum emission standards for new plants.<\/p>\n This will allow Eskom to operate the units with the temporary stacks until 31 March 2025 at the latest.<\/p>\n Eskom has returned a second generating unit at Kusile power station to service that was affected by a chimney collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":467417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27995],"tags":[181,35,28037,8487],"class_list":["post-511596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-eskom","tag-headline","tag-kusile-power-station","tag-load-shedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNow read: Eskom announces load-shedding schedule for the week<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"