The end of load shedding is in sight – Ramokgopa

Ramokgopa

Cape Town — Minister of Electricity, Kgotsientsho Ramokgopa, took to social media and announced that the country has made significant progress towards ending the energy crisis.

Ramokgopa took to Facebook and said that Eskom has achieved an Energy Availability Factor (EAF) of 65.5%, which was last achieved in 2021, has now confirmed the success of the aggressive maintenance-led recovery strategy implemented to ensure load shedding comes to an end – “short-term pain for long-term gain” – as Ramokgopa said.

” This milestone validates the viability of the ESKOM fleet of Generation units and signifies the most efficient path to ending load shedding. With the proven success of this performance, the focus now shifts to maintaining and enhancing it.” Ramokgopa said

He lauded the return of Unit 4 at Medupi Power Station (800 MW), Unit 2 at Koeberg Unit Power Station (980 MW) and the synchronisation of Unit 6 at Kusile Power Station (2 580 MW) over the next 6 months is a welcome addition to the generation capacity. These new improvements and capacity means Eskom has breached peak load shedding.
“The state incentivised rooftop solar rollout, ontrack to reach installed capacity of 6000MW by year end, is an indispensable part of the energy calculus in the country. Government induced (through a suite of thoroughgoing reforms) private sector sponsored new generation capacity is critical to the attainment of energy sovereignty.” he added.
“We have indeed turned the corner, the ending of loadshedding is within touching distance.” Ramokgopa concluded.

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