Eskom suspended load shedding at 10am on Sunday after recovering greater than 3GW of producing capability and restoring its emergency reserves.
Eskom applied the rolling blackouts at 2pm on Friday – the third time it has imposed load shedding this yr – following the lack of 2.7GW of producing capability.
A number of technology items went offline, together with Kusile unit 2, two days after it was reintroduced to the grid. Two different coal-fired items had been taken offline attributable to coal operations turning into “suboptimal” following “antagonistic climate” situations.
The state-owned electrical energy utility had mentioned it anticipated to droop load shedding at 5am on Monday, so the sooner suspension is probably going a superb signal for the week forward.
“Coal operations at Kusile energy station are at optimum ranges. All items that had been offline as of Friday at the moment are again in service. Progress on the restoration of Koeberg unit 2 is effectively beneath manner. Eskom reassures the general public that Koeberg Unit 2 stays secure,” Eskom mentioned in a press release on Sunday morning.
“Deliberate upkeep outages aimed toward getting ready for winter and assembly regulatory and environmental licensing necessities proceed. The workforce is working diligently to revive 4.1GW again to service by Monday,” it mentioned.
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“We preserve that load shedding is basically behind us attributable to structural enhancements within the technology fleet. Whereas baseload capability stays constrained, our technology restoration plan is addressing this problem.” — © 2025 NewsCentral Media
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