Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa is still navigating its energy challenges with losses in generating units continuing to pose challenges, but says there is cause for optimism. The minister was giving his weekly energy action plan update in Pretoria. He says they are optimistic in having the grid stabilise in the coming week.
This comes amid concerns over load shedding’s impact on matriculants who are writing their final exams. Ramokgopa says plans are at an advanced stage to release the long-awaited Integrated Resource Plan at the end of November that he believes will mitigate load shedding and help safeguard the economy.
“Last week, suddenly, we lost about 11 of these units stationed at Kusile, Majuba, Thutuka, Dhuva, Matla. They really undermined that progression and as a result of that, we lost 17000 MW in total, and this time around, we know the sources and it’s the boiler tube links and at least we are not experiencing them like last week. And I am happy to say we are expecting the six additional units to come back by Thursday.
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