An energy expert has questioned Kgosientsho Ramokgopa's rationale
; now, according to Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the warmer temperatures have made it challenging for some Eskom generating units to operate optimally.would be implemented daily from 5am to 4pm, then it would escalate to stage 4.
“The units are not giving us the amount of megawatts that they should be giving us relative to their design capacity,” he said.“This is the function of a number of factors. We know when we enter the summer it could be a function of ambient temperature. The hotter it gets, it’s very difficult for some of these units to perform, and Matimba is a prime candidate of partial load losses that are likely going to increase in the more extreme hot periods.
Kgadima said there were a lot of smelters in the hotter parts of the country and none had broken down because of the heat. “Right now, in the whole of the Middle East it’s the end of summer. Today in Kuwait, it’s probably about 42°C-44°C and there is no load shedding. If you go to Dubai, it’s now maybe around 40°C and there is also no load shedding.
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