The power utility is embarking on significant capital projects and repairs that will remove more than 2,300MW of generating capacity from the system in the next six to 12 months.
South Africans to expect prolonged load-shedding over the next six to 12 months as the power utility undertakes major capital projects and repairs that will reduce available generation capacity.
“Starting over the next few weeks, Eskom will embark on some major capital investment projects and major repairs that carry significant risk and that will serve to further increase the implementation of load-shedding,” it said in a statement. Notably, Eskom’s chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said this was causing cash flow constraints, with the utility spending heavily on diesel whileOberholzer also said the risk of continued load-shedding would remain high for the next few months.
“This loss of the Kusile units has added additional strain to an already constrained generation system. Unit 4 is the only one currently on load at Kusile,” Eskom said.
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