Medupi Power Station’s unit six reaches major milestone

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, recently announced that Medupi Power Station’s unit six turbine commissioning reached a critical milestone with the optimum speed of 3 000 revolutions per minute.

The synchronisation of unit six has been delayed for more than six weeks after Eskom embarked on a cautious route to ensure that all systems were in place before synchronisation of the unit.

“This milestone paves the way for the synchronisation of Medupi’s unit six and I expect it to take place within weeks.

“I want to congratulate Eskom on achieving this important milestone,” said Minister Brown during the State of the Nation debate in the National Assembly.