Energy-specialist economist Lungile Mashele predicts that load-shedding could reach as high as Stage 10 this winter.
University of Johannesburg physics professor Hartmut Winkler says South Africans can expect to be without electricity for 12 hours a day, in a four-hours on, four-hours off rotation, under stage 9 load-shedding.the Sunday Times that stage 9 load-shedding is likely this winter as demand increases with nothing from the generation side able to compensate for the rise.
South Africa has recently experienced load-shedding as high as stage 6, where outages are set in blocks of four and two hours. He urged South Africans to help address the electricity shortfall by not using heaters during cold winter nights. Mashele said Eskom’s available generation capacity is around 25,000MW, while demand this winter could reach as high as 35,000MW.He said outages at the Kuslie and Koeberg power stations significantly contribute to this shortfall.Eskom hits load curtailment ceiling
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