Ankerlig’s temporary shutdown takes a maximum potential capacity of roughly 735MW off the grid.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the utility said its breakdowns stood at 15,089MW of generating capacity, while planned maintenance had increased to 7,147MW.
In the past 24 hours, the utility had only managed to return a single generation unit to service at Duvha Power Station. During the same period, a generating unit each at Lethabo, Kendal and Kriel power stations were taken offline for repairs. There were also delays in returning a unit to service at Hendrina, Medupi and two units at Tutuka power station, Eskom’s worst performing plant.
In addition, five open-cycle gas turbines at Ankerlig power station had to be taken offline for a planned upgrade of the plant’s control system.Ankerlig’s temporary shutdown takes a maximum potential capacity of just over 1.3GW off the grid,
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