South Africa
Stage 6 load-shedding due to coal constraints, repairs─── 05:13 Mon, 20 Feb 2023
Eskom has announced that stage 6 load-shedding will continue indefinitely until further notice.
Since Sunday afternoon, a generating unit each at Arnot, Hendrina, Lethabo and Majuba, as well as two units at Camden Power Station have suffered breakdowns and been taken offline for repairs.
Further, two generating units at the Lethabo Power Station were shut down due to coal constraints, as the New Vaal mine south of Vereeniging in the Free State, which is supplying the station, has been unable to deliver the expected amount of coal during the past week because of heavy rain.
The three running units are operating at minimum capacity and are at risk of shutdown, should the coal supply constraints not be resolved.
Given the high number of breakdowns, there is a possibility of further changes to the stages of load-shedding at short notice. A further update will be published as soon as any significant changes occur.
Breakdowns currently amount to 21 243MW of generating capacity while 3 566W of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.
