Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the third of three units at Kusile is now expected to return to service in November 2023.
“The two units are both adding 1,600MW back into the grid, improving the available generation capacity. This signifies that“We welcome the return to service of Kusile Unit 1, ahead of schedule. The return of unit 1 continues to strengthen the stability of generation performance.“The unit which had been out of commission since August 2022, following safety concerns with the structural integrity of the stack, returns ahead of its planned return date,” Ramokgopa said.
“We are now beginning to turn the corner in relation to additional capacity. I indicated at our last briefing that the Kusile units will be indispensable to resolving this problem. In the short term, it will help us reduce the intensity of load shedding.” Kusile’s units 1, 2, and 3 were idled almost a year ago due to safety concerns and licensing restrictions.In October 2022, the Kusile West stack failed, causing three generating units to be decommissioned.
Eskom explained that the duct failure was similar to a chimney, providing a channel for exhausting gases from the power station. It said exiting of the sulphur dioxide absorber failed on the horizontal rubber expansion joint as well as the compensatorThis occurred while the unit was on forced shutdown for flue gas de-sulphuration recirculating pump repairs.
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