Eskom reiterates warning on tight power system
South Africa’s power system would be extremely tight during Monday’s evening peak with demand – forecast at 35 224 MW – exceeding the expected available capacity, including opencycle gas turbines, of 35 191 MW, State-owned power utility Eskom said in its latest system status bulletin.
The system was also expected to remain tight over the evening peaks for the rest of the week, and would be constrained for the foreseeable future, Eskom reiterated.
“Eskom calls on all consumers to pull together to help beat the peak over the next few months by using electricity sparingly, particularly from 17:00 to 21:00. We request all electricity customers to save at least 10% of their electricity usage and sustain these savings,” the power utility said.
Peak demand for the rest of this week was forecast at 34 824 MW on Tuesday, 34 768 MW on Wednesday, 34 896 MW on Thursday, 33 274 MW on Friday, 32 962 MW on Saturday and 32 732 MW on Sunday.
Comments
The
content
you are trying to access is only available to subscribers.
If you are already a subscriber, you can Login Here.
If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe now, by selecting one of the below options.
For more information or assistance, please contact us at subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za.
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation