So far this year, only three of Eskom’s coal power stations are consistently generating more than 2 000 megawatts (MW) of power, on average. loadshedding Click here to read the full story➡️
Overall, EAF was 53.3% for the bulk of January. This is laughably below its stated 65% target for 2023/24.EAF is impacted by planned maintenance and breakdowns. Eskom has kept the planned outage factor elevated at 13.3% of the fleet for this period, a touch higher than the 12.2% achieved in the comparable period in 2022.Breakdowns include full load losses, outage slips, boiler tube leaks, trips, and partial load losses.
Matimba, which has also been a ‘dependable’ station historically, achieved a very similar EAF figure of 74.3%, with 2 742MW being produced out of 3 690MW, on average. Eskom took the insurance payout and decided to not return that unit to service. Duvha Unit 2 remains out of service after a fire broke out in June. The unit had been offline since January 2022 for a general overhaul. It is assumed this unit will return in this financial year .The six highlighted power stations above are Eskom’s top six stations of focus.
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