Eskom CEO Dan Marokane mentioned on Sunday that Eskom was compelled to implement stage-6 load shedding within the early hours of Sunday after the electrical energy utility misplaced 10 producing models in a single day.
Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati described the scenario as “disappointing” however mentioned Eskom is working exhausting to finish load shedding completely.
The newest bout of load shedding marks the second time in a month that Eskom has been compelled to impose the rolling blackouts, which, when carried out, have a direct unfavorable affect on financial development. Earlier than these newest incidents, South Africa had loved 10 consecutive months of no load shedding.
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane mentioned the corporate is already making progress in bringing models that failed on the weekend again on-line, together with these at Camden, Majuba and Medupi, which have been the principle stations that contributed to the weekend’s issues.
Marokane mentioned Eskom:
- Misplaced a number of models at Majuba energy station brought on by an overload on a transformer associated to the start-up of a unit what was popping out of a long-term outage.
- Suffered a visit at Medupi brought on by “under-frequency on the community”. The issues as Majuba and Medupi prompted the shift at 5.30pm on Saturday to stage-3 load shedding.
- Suffered a failure within the early hours of Sunday morning on a hydraulic valve on the Camden energy station, which tripped a number of models. This promoted the transfer to stage-6 load shedding.
Six models again on-line
Till now, Majuba and Camden have been two of Eskom’s better-performing energy stations with vitality availability components of 68% and 61%, respectively.
“The place are we now?” requested Marokane. “Of the ten models we misplaced in a single day, we’ve returned six models. As we’re sitting right here, one other from Matimba got here on-line. We recovered 3 200MW of capability in a single day. We’ve got 5 to 6 models that can come on-line right now and can take inventory after the night peak.” — © 2025 NewsCentral Media
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