Analysis - Over the past few months, South Africa's power generation sector has performed better than expected. Four factors explain this: an acceleration of solar power installations, less frequent breakdowns at power stations, a less restricted supply of diesel and the return to operation of some units at Kusile coal fired power station.
. Four factors explain this: an acceleration of solar power installations, less frequent breakdowns at power stations, a less restricted supply of diesel and the return to operation of some units at Kusile coal fired power station.declared that the worst of the crisis is overThere is certainly reason to be pleased that the 2023 winter electricity shortfalls were less grave than expected, and that Eskom has booked some recent successes in its efforts to stave off further declines.
The scale of the power shortage in the last year was largely due to multiple failures at Kusile. Kusile is the country's newest large plant, but nine years after its initially projected completion date, two of its six units haveprojected to come into service in the coming year Koeberg's operating licence expires in July 2024. If not renewed, Koeberg's two units would have to be closed for good. That would result in a 4% drop in the country's generating capacity.
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