
Minister of Electricity Kgosientso Ramokgopa has said Eskom is buying a 15 years old second hand generator from Netherlands.
Ramokgopa gave a briefing to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) on his efforts to minimize and ultimately alleviate loadshedding on Sunday.
Ramokgopa discussed the restoration of the Medupi and Kusile power plants, which involved the acquisition of a used generator from the Netherlands that was 15 years old.
The generator, he says should last between 50 and 60 years, adding that they planned to create roughly 4500MW of power over the next six months.
“We were able to find a second-hand generator in the Netherlands, it’s about 15 years of age. The lifespan of it [the generator] is over 30 years,” said Ramokgopa.
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa unpacking some of the interventions being taken on the energy crisis. "We were able to find a second hand generator in the Netherlands, it's about 15 years of age." @pmcafrica Stage 1 pic.twitter.com/03veiAqnxm
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Stage 6 to be implemented from Monday afternoon
In other news, Eskom escalated Loadshedding to stage 6 on Monday, and has said there will be more loadshedding in the coming weeks.
The power utility said that this is “due to the failure of seven generation units in the last 24 hours, higher stages of loadshedding will be required over the next few days”
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— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) April 24, 2023
Due to the failure of seven generation units in the last 24 hours, higher stages of loadshedding will be required over the next few days pic.twitter.com/poca8982ii
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