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Unless South Africa aggressively invests in renewable energy and relaxes air quality standards, Eskom’s models show it might need to implement stage 15 load-shedding. This was the warning from Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, who spoke at the Africa Renewables Investment Summit in Cape Town, News24 reported. “Stage 15 load shedding. I don’t want to know […]
“Following the tripping of a generation unit each at Kusile and Kriel power stations, Stage 6 loadshedding was implemented effective 04:16,” said Eskom. Eskom has ramped up load shedding to Stage 6 from Sunday morning. “Following the tripping of a generation unit each at Kusile and Kriel power stations, Stage 6 load shedding was implemented […]
The risk of load-shedding between September 2022 and September 2023 is remarkably high, according to Eskom’s likely risk scenario for the year ahead. The outlook — which covers the 52 weeks ending mid-September 2023 — shows that Eskom could likely be more than 2,001MW short to meet demand and reserves during 49 of the 52 weeks. This […]
Eskom has implemented stage 4 loadshedding from 10am on Tuesday until 5am on Thursday following the sudden tripping of three power stations. In a brief statement on Tuesday, Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said: ”A sudden tripping of three Kendal power stations units (1,920MW maximum generating capacity) has forced the implementation of stage 4. This will last […]
The load shedding has been caused by a shortage of generation capacity owing to breakdowns and delays in returning some generating units to service. “We currently have 4 588MW on planned maintenance, while another 16 142MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns,” Eskom said in a short statement issued a short while ago. Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi […]
Power utility Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented on Tuesday evening (16 August), with a high chance of it being extended to Wednesday and Thursday. Stage 2 load shedding will take place between 16h00 and 00h00 on Tuesday, it said. “There is also a high probability that load shedding will […]
Eskom has issued a statement saying that due to unlawful industrial action, Stage 6 loadshedding will regretfully be implemented at 16:00 until 22:00 this evening. Stage 4 will then continue to be implemented until midnight. #POWERALERT1 Due to unlawful industrial action, Stage 6 loadshedding will regretfully be implemented at 16:00 until 22:00 this evening. Stage […]
Eskom has warned that there is a “very real risk” of stage-6 load shedding during the evening peak on Tuesday as an illegal strike at Eskom intensifies and turns violent. If the utility implements stage-6 load shedding on Tuesday, it will be only the second time that South Africa has seen this severity of power cuts. […]
Tuesday, 03 May 2022: Eskom regrets to inform the public that due to severe generation capacity constraints Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 17:00 this afternoon. Loadshedding will continue until 05:00 on Monday. This loadshedding has been caused by a shortage of generation capacity owing to delays in returning generators to service, as well as […]
Eskom has issued a statement saying that Stage 2 loadshedding will regretfully be implemented between 17:00 and 22:00 tonight and every evening until Thursday #POWERALERT2 Stage 2 loadshedding will regretfully be implemented between 17:00 and 22:00 tonight and every evening until Thursday pic.twitter.com/OMmqjLKIUX — Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) June 20, 2022
