As South Africa faces yet another week of load-shedding, the country’s energy crisis is worsening at a dangerous speed when you compare South Africa’s energy data over the past decade.
As South Africa faces yet another week of load-shedding, the country’s energy crisis is worsening at a dangerous speed when you compare energy data over the past decade.
According to EskomSePush, as of the start of this week , the country has experienced 1,949 hours of national load shedding in 2022. Over the past decade, there has been a clear and concerning trend of a rapid increase in load-shedding caused by breakdowns at power plants. EAF for the week ending 16 September saw availability as low as 53.16% amid the commencement of stage 6 load shedding last month, with energy availability for 2022 now estimated to be around 51%.
Presenting its system status and outlook to the joint portfolio committee on public enterprises and mineral resources and energy in August, Eskom’s forecast for load shedding over the next few months and extending into 2023 is bleak. Eskom said that history has shown that it is not possible to use more than R2.4 billion worth of diesel in a month due to the physical limitations of moving the diesel to the OCGT stations, however.
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