12/11/2022
South African Power-Plant Breakdowns Hit a 2022 High
Power plant breakdowns at South Africa’s state power utility are at the highest in at least a year, affecting two-fifths of generation capacity and exacerbating outages that are hindering economic growth.
Eskom said on Wednesday it has imposed power cuts of 6,000 megawatts, or about a fifth of demand, because breakdowns have taken 19,052 megawatts of generation capacity out of action.
An additional 4,984 megawatts are out due to maintenance and one of the two units at the continent’s sole nuclear power plant is shut down for refueling on Wednesday.
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