South Africa’s electricity minister says there are interventions to ensure a grid collapse doesn’t happen. However, stage 6 load-shedding is already devastating and anything beyond that could be catastrophic.
Electricity minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa has given his assurance that South Africa’s grid won’t collapse, despite the intensity of load-shedding increasing as we head into winter.
When asked to elaborate on what he meant by the situation worsening, the minister explained that certain aspects of public works and other sectors wouldn’t be able to operate.“But anything beyond stage 6, I think now you are going to be subjected to about 16 hours in a 32-hour cycle of no electricity.”
“No, not exactly. I mean, if the set of actions that we are proposing aren’t implemented, then the probability is very high,” Ramokgopa responded.The protection of strategic installations at data centres, hospitals, and national key points;The completion of agreements to procure additional power from neighbouring countries; and,Gourikwa open-cycle gas turbine power station
Regarding “aggressively” reducing demand in households, Ramokgopa used geysers as an example, saying that they significantly impact demand.
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