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Fire causes 'significant damage' to unfinished Kusile generating unit

Kusile Power Station

Kusile Power Station

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14th October 2022

By: News24Wire

  

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A fire damaged one of the generating units at Kusile Power Station that has not yet been synchronised to the grid, Eskom said on Friday. 

The fire occurred at a gas air heater on 17 September at unit 5, which is in the process of being commissioned. 

The power utility said that while its fire protection systems extinguished the fire, inspections showed "significant damage".

Eskom said it was inspecting the damage to determine what needs be repaired. At the same time, it is seeking to establish what caused the fire.

"All efforts are being applied to expedite the repair of the [gas air heater] to enable the progress of commissioning of the unit and synchronisation to the national grid," said Eskom. 

"At this time repair duration is speculative and based on utility experience, actual duration will be determined once the scope of work has been finalised."

Kusile, which is years behind schedule and billions of rands over budget, will have 6 generating units once complete. Each unit is set to generate 800 MW, for a total of 4 800 MW. 

 

Edited by News24Wire

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