Boost for SA's electricity grid as second Kusile unit comes online

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SA's electricity supply is being boosted by the Kusile power station's Unit 2 achieving full commercial operation on Thursday.

Commercial operation status ensures technical compliance to statutory, safety and legal requirements. “This significant and major milestone marks the contractual handover of the unit from the principal contractors under the group capital build project unit to the generation division.

Kusile is the first power station in SA and Africa to use wet flue gas desulphurisation technology, said Eskom. Eskom has not implemented rotational load-shedding since September as it has managed to meet SA’s electricity needs with minimal use of open-cycle gas turbines . restore the security of energy supply for the country.

Eskom said it had focused on conducting reliability maintenance on the rest of the power stations, which was aimed at improving the performance of its ageing generation fleet.

 

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