[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Durban – South Africa must brace for what could be the worst bout of load shedding in Eskom’s 97-year history in 2021, a leading energy analyst has warned. Energy analyst Ted Blom, addressing a Free Market Foundation webinar this week, said the “corruption, incompetence and ineptitude” which had plagued Eskom since the early 2000s had

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Eskom on Monday announced that it was reducing the amount of load-shedding in Gauteng to two hours. Currently, Gauteng is hit by rotational power cuts for more than four hours at a time. In a statement, the power utility said that, for Gauteng and some parts of North West, it would “implement load-shedding for two

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Monday, 18 January 2021: Eskom is pleased to inform the public that loadshedding will be suspended from 23:00 tonight as the generation capacity has improved following the return of some generators to service. Over the past 24 hours Eskom teams have successfully returned two generation units each at Kusile, Kriel, and one at Tutuka Power

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Eskom’s official three-month outlook for demand and generating capacity shows a high likelihood of load shedding every single week until mid-April. In fact, for six of the coming 13 weeks, it forecasts that it will “definitely” be between 1 000 megawatts (MW) and 2 000MW short to meet its reserve margin and “possibly demand”. Using

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Eskom is working with Johannesburg City Power to reduce the duration of load-shedding in Johannesburg. City Power customers in Johannesburg are the only ones to experience four-hour blocks of continuous load-shedding, the power utility said in a tweet. “Due to the interconnectedness with City Power systems, Eskom is engaging with City Power to reduce the duration

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sunday, 17 January 2021: Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 1 from 23:00 tonight until 05:00. Regrettably, as the return to service of some generation units has been delayed, as well as the need to manage the emergency generation reserves and identified risks to the power system, Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 05:00

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Eskom announced on Thursday morning that Stage 2 load shedding would be implemented starting at 12:00 on that very afternoon. It would then continue through to Sunday 17 January 2021 until 23:00. That’s essentially four days of power cuts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why you ask? Eskom said; “The load shedding is necessary due to loss of generation capacity overnight.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wednesday, 06 January 2021: Eskom would like to inform the public that Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented between 22:00 and 05:00 tonight and on Thursday night. The loadshedding is necessary in order to recover and preserve the emergency generation reserves that have been utilised to support the system during the week following the earlier

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Monday, 04 January 2021: Yesterday afternoon an increasing leak rate was observed on one of three steam generators in Unit 1. This was confirmed by other plant measurement readings. Although the leak rate was well within the safety limits, a conservative decision was made to take Koeberg Unit 1 offline for repairs. During this period

Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 11:00 on Wednesday morning to 05:00 next week Monday. “This load shedding is necessary due to a shortage of generation capacity following breakdowns of two more generating units during the night,” the utility said. A unit each at Kusile and Kendal […]