VIEW SCHEDULE: Collapsed silo leads to emergency load shedding in Mpumalanga
A silo, which houses over 10 000 tons of coal, cracked yesterday afternoon impacting coal supplies to all six units at the power station resulting in the power station operating at reduced capacity of 1 300MW.
MBOMBELA – Emergency load shedding had to be implemented on Sunday morning due to the loss of 1 800 MW at the Majuba power station, a situation caused by damage to the central coal storage silo yesterday afternoon. As a result, Eskom implemented stage one of rotational load shedding.
A silo, which houses over 10 000 tons of coal, cracked yesterday afternoon impacting coal supplies to all six units at the power station resulting in the power station operating at reduced capacity of 1 300MW. No injuries were reported and Eskom engineers are investigating the cause of the incident. Residents are urged to switch off pool pumps, air-conditioning, geysers and unnecessary lights to limit the impact of the load shedding. Eskom customers can contact the customer call centre on 0860-037-566.
Eskom will provide regular updates on the status of the power system through all media platforms.
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