SA has already experienced load-shedding for 650 hours, in the first half of 2021.
2020 had a total of 859 hours of outage, the highest since 2015 when the duration was 852 hours. The first half of this year has already seen 650 hours of outagesThe year 2020 was the most intensive load-shedding year, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research .The year 2020 was the most intensive load-shedding year in five years, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research .
SA, Mandaha said, experienced load-shedding for 650 hours in the first half of 2021, while 963 GWh of estimated energy was shed.“The extent of load-shedding experienced was largely driven by a declining energy availability factor of the existing coal fleet where overall the EAF was 61.3% for H1-2021 .
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