Units 2 and 3 at the Kendal power station will be returned to service early this week and unit 1 will be back in November, Eskom said on Monday.
Power utility Eskom says there is no risk of load-shedding after the Kendal power station caught fire on Saturday. Stock photo.Power utility Eskom has assured the public there will be no load-shedding after a fire at the Kendal power station in Mpumalanga at the weekend.
“While Eskom will be forced to increase diesel consumption, we do not anticipate that any load-shedding will be implemented as a result of the incident. We urge members of the public to continue using electricity sparingly to assist the country,” it said. “The fire damaged the cables to the main cooling water system on the west side of the power station. Unit 2 and unit 3 experienced loss of vacuum and were shut down under controlled conditions,” said Eskom.
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