Eskom planned to boost power supply in March – but says it can’t.
South Africa’s state power utility will miss a target to boost output from struggling coal-fired plants by the end of March, highlighting the poor state of equipment whose viability is being reviewed by German energy consultants.
That goal “will not be achieved,” the Johannesburg-based company said in an emailed response to questions. The consultants will be led by vgbe energy e.V., a Germany-based technical association of energy-plant operators in 34 countries. While rules have been changed to allow more, mainly renewable, power plants to be built by private companies, the immediate focus is to improve the performance of the coal plants, which supply more than 80% of South Africa’s electricity. In the next financial year, Eskom has said it will aim to boost generation by another 3,115 megawatts.
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