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“The outage will be for approximately six months. The extended unavailability of the unit due to the planned long outages does mean the electricity supply system may be under additional strain during the outage,” he said.Maintenance
The Koeberg units, at 920MW each, are the largest generating units on the African continent, Eskom said. The sod-turning ceremony was held at the Elandskop BESS site, located within Msunduzi and Impendle local municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. Among the notable benefits of the BESS is that it will boost the network during peak hours, thereby reducing the strain on the network during peak hours,“The beginning of the construction of the Elandskop BESS is a positive development in our efforts to alleviate the pressure on the national electricity grid.
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