Eskom says that the first of three downed units at Kusile is back online – two months ahead of schedule.
Power utility Eskom says that unit 3 of the Kusile Power Stations has been brought back online, two months ahead of its planned return date.
“Kusile Power Station Unit 3 is returned to service two months ahead of schedule and will improve the available generation capacity by 800 MW once loaded to full capacity. This marks a significant milestone in Eskom’s efforts to reduce and ultimately end load shedding,” it said. Eskom announced in August that it was progressing well with the Kusile returns and later confirmed that the planned dates for operation would be brought forward.Eskom’s short-term solution was to erect three temporary stacks that would not include Flue Gas Delsuphurisation plants..
Eskom has been pinning a lot of hope on the units returning. Along with Unit 4, which was also recently synchronised and activated – getting Kusile online would add close to 3,000MW to the grid, giving the utility more room to balance load shedding and the increased planned maintenance.
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