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South Africa is poised to delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired electricity-generation capacity as gas projects earmarked to replace them remain behind schedule. A wait of around five years for gas turbines from suppliers such as Siemens and General Electric means Eskom will already miss the deadline to shut 8 GW of coal-fired capacity by 2030, according to Bheki Nxumalo, the utility's head of generation.
General Electric supplies turbine equipment for nuclear projects in Türkiye and EgyptGE Steam Power and AEM Technology, a joint venture between AtomEnergoMash and General Electric, is supplying equipment and systems for the conventional island at Türkiye's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, where the turbine generator stator for Unit 2 was installed in January 2026. Atomenergomash and General Electric are also supplying turbine hall equipment for Egypt's El-Dabaa nuclear power plant, which expects to reach full capacity in 2030.
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South Africa is poised to delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired electricity-generation capacity as gas projects earmarked to replace them remain behind schedule, contrasting a...
South Africa is poised to delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired electricity-generation capacity as gas projects earmarked to replace them remain behind schedule, contrasting a...
The Council of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Türkiye has granted Akkuyu Nuclear a permit for the precommissioning stage works at Unit 2 of the plant.
The main bridge component of the polar crane was installed in the reactor compartment of Unit 2 on March 25, 2026
South African State-owned power utility Eskom expects to submit the final benefit-cost analysis report on flue gas desulphurisation for the Medupi project to Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment...
State-owned power utility Eskom has highlighted the success of the upgrade of Unit 2 of the nuclear power plant.
The turbine generator stator has been installed at Akkuyu nuclear power plant Unit 2.
On November 19, the reactor vessel was installed in the design position at Unit 1.
State-owned power utility Eskom reconnected Unit 1 at Koeberg to the national grid on October 29.
Installation of the reactor pressure vessel for Unit 1 is scheduled to start in mid-November.
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