WATCH LIVE | Eskom gives a system update as Stage 4 load shedding hits SA
Dukashe outlines which units are expected to return to operation Oberholzer - To limit use of turbines, in order to not deplete diesel and dam levels to critical lows - Stage 4 load shedding was implemented on Wednesday morningOberholzer - the open cycles gas turbines had be switched back on in the early hours All in all Eskom is using 9 million litres of diesel a day - including at Gourikwa
"However, these units still need to ramp up to full output, which necessitates a high usage of emergency generation reserves today. This being the fourth day of extremely high diesel usage, the emergency reserves are being depleted faster than can be replenished," Eskom said. We don't have a chequebook to continually spend on diesel. At the end of the day we have commitments to make - debt or creditor commitments Calib Cassim CFO now talking: With the war in the Ukraine and Russia - oil and gas prices are escalating. We can't give the exact number. But if oil price doubles it impacts the energy can produce from diesel going forward.
Oberholzer: We have 17 units that are running with some kind - around 8700 MW at risk. So there is 2000 MW of high risk that we can lose at any time. It is unreliable because we haven't had the chance to do maintenance and do it properly. Only one unit was where there were issues where we could have done better and we will see if there will be any consequence management Dukashe : Our system is fully constrained. We are running the system with units that are at risk.
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