Energy expert Clyde Mallinson warns that Eskom faces an 11,000MW electricity shortfall during winter.
his load-shedding forecast using historical energy availability factor and demand data shows a shortfall of up to 11,000MW during winter.
These energy-intensive users, like mines and smelters, cannot switch their electricity use on and off because it will crush their businesses. The other 9,000MW of the 11,000MW shortfall is gained through stage 9 load-shedding, resulting in households and normal businesses sitting without electricity for more than half the day.
He urged South Africans to help address the electricity shortfall by not using heaters during cold winter nights.Professor Mark Swilling, the co-director of the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University, echoes Mallinson’s prediction.Swilling said South Africans should brace for higher load-shedding stages in winter as electricity demand increases.
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