The minister also highlighted two major victories for Eskom in its fight to minimise load-shedding.
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned that South Africa must be wary of adding too much solar generation capacity to the grid too soon.
A grid collapse occurs when the alternating current frequency fluctuates significantly above or below its setpoint. In South Africa, 50Hz is the frequency that keeps the grid alive.for as long as two weeksEskom itself has warned that a total blackout would lead to a “monumental and unprecedented national catastrophe that would threaten many lives”.
On Saturday, 24 June, Eskom announced that the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment had approved an extension until May 2025
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