Eskom’s leaders say South Africa is in a much better place with regard to load shedding, but the country is not out of the woods yet.
On Monday, the power utility’s leadership convened at the Koeberg nuclear power station to celebrate the plant’s 40th year of safe operation. This milestone comes amidst promising developments for South Africa’s energy grid.
For nearly four months, Eskom has managed to prevent load shedding, a significant improvement that Eskom group executive Bheki Nxumalo attributes to a strengthening grid. “Where we are currently in generation, this week we are reaching 120 days without load shedding. This progress is also creating space for further strengthening of the transmission grid,” Nxumalo stated.
Despite this progress, Eskom board chairperson Mteto Nyati cautioned that challenges remain. While applauding the management’s efforts over the past months, he emphasized that the nation isn’t completely in the clear. “We are in a much, much better place. Are we out of the woods? No. We continue asking the team that we should consistently be below 10,000MW of outages,” Nyati remarked.
The path ahead for South Africa’s energy sector remains challenging, but recent strides offer hope for a more stable power future.
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