Eskom starts shutting down old coal power plants | Fin24
Wits academic Jacklyn Cock told delegates at the Just Coal Transition symposium in Cape Town on Wednesday that Hendrina’s remaining units were to be shut down by April 22.
"There is no protection for the bulk of the workforce, 2 300 of whom are contract workers hired by labour brokers," Cock said. "Eskom has a human resources plan for the redeployment of the affected staff and is in discussion with relevant stakeholders," Eskom said.The 2 000 MW Hendrina power station, built between 1970 and 1976 and refurbished in the mid 1990s, is one of three aging power stations that Eskom will close over the next few years. The others are Grootvlei, which is scheduled to close by 2020 and Komati by 2021. Arnot will close by 2029.
Delegates heard that with the global decline in demand for coal, mine closures and power station shut downs were set to accelerate. The facts were there, particularly the IPCC’s sobering 1.5°C climate change report released late last year.
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