Eskom head of generation Bheki Nxumalo says the power utility has reduced capacity losses by 7,000MW over the past year.
Eskom head of generation Bheki Nxumalo says the state-owned power utility’s decision to fix its generating fleet is paying off and saved the entity a lot of money., Nxumalo said capacity losses had fallen below 9,000MW, and power stations like Medupi and Kusile are performing exceptionally well.
“If you look at the amount of money that was spent, this was a cheaper option from where I’m sitting and where we are at Eskom, to say lets fix the current fleet,” said Nxumalo. “I am very confident that by November, December, government should be declaring the end of load-shedding in South Africa.” Much of this growth is the result of the private sector, boosted by President Cyril Ramaphosa increasing the cap on private generation capacity in 2021.
Eskom also tracks its average weekly EAF in its weekly system status reports. The figure reached its highest point for 2024 in week 29 , when it hit 67.68%.Therefore, Eskom’s generation fleet is now performing consistently better than it has in recent years.
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