Eskom seg ons is in die moelikheid en as die kragverbruik nie afneem oor die volgende paar weke nie, is daar groot drama... maar oral waar jy ry is stadsrade besig om kersliggies in die strate op te hang... Nou hoe nou? Hoe op aarde gaan die kragverbruik afneem? ...en kan ENIGEEN vir my verduidelik hoekom word die krag van die wat nie betaal nie, nie nou maar afgesit nie? Soweto skuld bykans R 4 miljard aan Eskom! ...en die inwoners seg hulle SAL NIE betaal nie, want die ANC het in 1994 belowe Free Electricity for all!!! Ons voorland is blykbaar Rolling Blackouts... wat dit ookal mag beteken... Oi! Sx ***************************************************************** Eskom is fighting a touch-and-go battle to prevent the catastrophic collapse of the country’s electricity grid. The energy supplier has implemented stage 3 load shedding, a final measure to avert disaster. For now the parastatal remains in control of the country’s supply, but warned that if the power demand did not drop in coming weeks the system would collapse, resulting in rolling blackouts which would probably bring the country to a standstill. Eskom measures power shortages in terms of stage 1, 2 and 3 – with 3 being the most severe. Stage 3 load shedding was put in place over the weekend to allow for a build-up of supply for the week ahead. The supplier’s electricity-generating infrastructure has been hit hard by a number of issues including depleted water reserves and logistical issues relating to diesel supplies at power stations, and the shutdown of two open-cycle gas turbine power stations which use diesel to generate electricity. The diesel reserves have been depleted at the Gourikwa and Ankerlig gas turbines leading to the shutdown of the power stations. The Drakensberg and Palmiet pumped storage schemes, which use water to generate electricity, have reduced output as a result of depleted water reserves. A further 1 000MW of capacity is offline after three coal-powered units tripped on Thursday because of technical faults. Certain power stations are also in dire need of maintenance and are not functioning optimally. The country is now increasingly dependent on the limited amount of electricity being bought from Mozambique and Namibia. Even if demand falls over the weekend, Eskom says there are no guarantees of a load shedding-free festive season and electricity supply would remain unstable until at least 2019 when the Medupi, Kusile and Ingula power plants go online. iol.co.za/business/news/sa-on-the-brink-1.1791903?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=dlvr.it#.VIUxnUtQpMI
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 05:12:39 +0000
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