Brace yourself for another week of intermittent power cuts as Eskom struggles to generate enough electricity.
Eskom told Sowetan yesterday that it would still struggle to meet South Africa's energy demands this week.
The power utility confirmed to Sowetan yesterday that it has already started increasing its diesel stock in preparation for high power demand this week, which may compel it to use its diesel-operated open gas turbines. In its reply to Sowetan, Eskom indicated that despite not having burnt diesel during load-shedding over the past few days, it remained an option due to limited capacity.
Since Thursday, South Africans have endured load-shedding as Eskom had too many units off-line due to breakdowns. Yesterday, stage 2 load-shedding was implemented in the morning to allow the power utility to replenish water reserves at its pumped storage scheme.
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