The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has revealed that 2022 has been the most intensive year to date of load shedding imposed by Eskom, with most of the deliberate power cuts recorded in July and September.💡
“September 2022, the highest load shedding month ever, on its own, had more loadshedding than the entire 2020. This year’s Stage 6 load shedding has far surpassed 2019’s, the only other year that had Stage 6,” it said.in the first half of 2022, the total system demand was similar to the year before, but still 3.0 TWh below the pre-lockdown levels of 2019, CSIR said.
“Coal still dominates the South African energy mix, providing more than 80% of the total system load. The contribution of renewable energy technologies increased in 2022 to a total of 6.2 GW installed capacity and provided 6.5% of the total energy mix.”fleet EAF continued its declining trend in 2022, with an average EAF of 59.4%, compared to the EAF of 61.7% for 2021 and 65% for 2020.
“This is largely due to the increase of unplanned outages experienced by Eskom. This year overtook 2021 as the most loadshedding-intensive year yet, concentrated in July and September,” CSIR said.Last week the ailing parastatal announced that stage 2 load shedding would be implemented until further notice.
“This is necessitated by a breakdown of a Duvha generating unit and a delay in returning to service another Duvha unit. Eskom will provide a further update as soon as any significant changes occur,” the parastatal said.
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