- Eskom has announced that Stage 6 loadshedding was implemented at 1:30am due to multiple unit trips at Camden Power Station and will continue until further notice.
- Power goes off 4 or 5 times per day for 2 hours during Stage 6.
- Some of these slots will occur back to back which means some areas may be without power for 4 hours at a time.
This measure followed the implementation of Stage 3, necessitated by multiple unit trips at Majuba Power Station and a unit trip at Medupi that resulted in a loss of 3 864 MW in generation capacity, while planned maintenance accounted for 7 506 MW. Additionally to replenish emergency reserves and prepare for the week ahead, Stage 6 loadshedding was essential. A media briefing will be held today at 11:00 to provide more details and updates on the power system.
At the start of the weekend South Africa’s state owned energy utility, Eskom, confirmed that loadshedding remains suspended, supported by a stable power system and adequate emergency reserves. A total of 3 410MW will be returned to service before the evening peak on Monday, 24 February 2025, to further stabilise the grid. Read original press release here: Power Alert 1 – 21 February 2025.
Respected energy analyst Anton Eberhard noted that over the past week Eskom has been running its expensive peaker/emergency diesel fired gas turbines flat out commenting on X that ‘the system is tight again’ and more ‘loadshedding / power cuts may be imminent’. Eberhard is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at the University of Cape Town where he leads the advisory board at the Power Futures Lab at the Graduate School of Business.
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Author: Bryan Groenendaal
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Looks like wind i(dark blue) s being curtailed by 2 GW🌋compared with Thursday and Friday 🍀. Camden is of course mainly used to supply ,the Mozal Smelter let’s hope they werent interrupted and the potlines *freeze*”