- South Africa’s state owned energy utility, Eskom, has issued an urgent alert regarding a high risk of loadshedding at short notice this evening due to several generation unit breakdowns.
- Over the past 12 hours, six generation units have been taken offline, placing severe strain on the power system and requiring the use of emergency reserves.
If an additional 800MW is lost, Eskom will be compelled to implement Stage 2 loadshedding at short notice. Efforts are underway to return seven generation units to service between the evening peak and Tuesday evening.
The news comes as Unit 6 of Eskom’s Kusile Power Station has been successfully added to the national grid. Eskom announced that the final unit at the Mpumalanga based power station, was successfully added to the national grid on Sunday at 4:45pm.
“This achievement marks a crucial step toward completing one of South Africa’s largest infrastructure projects and is a key milestone in Eskom’s strategic objective of adding 2 500MW of new capacity to the grid by March 2025,” Eskom said in a statement. .
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
