Eskom says the following advances have brought stability to the system:
• Eskom continues to supply 100% electricity for the most part, while performing maintenance
• To date, there has been 99 days with only two hours and 20 minutes of load-shedding
• The recent introduction of a new maintenance methodology called Tetris enables effective management of maintenance with no load shedding
• The performance of the generation fleet has stabilised with unplanned outages (UCLF) below target of 7 000MW
• The newly built programme delivered 720MW to the grid with the commercial operation of Medupi Unit 6 that started operating on August 23, 2015
As can be seen from this graph, usage in summer is also dramatically lower than in winter
Progress at Majuba Power Station
• Majuba Power Station experienced a coal storage silo collapse on November 1, 2014
• A short term solution was implemented with coal being fed through an elevated mobile boom feeder
• The power station has been able to run at full load from February 2015
• An interim solution is currently in place and has been in operation from October 1, 2015
• This includes a newly constructed temporary conveyor belt to ferry the coal
• The use of trucks to transport coal has been curtailed from an average of 1060 trucks before the implementation of the interim solution to an average of 90 trucks now.
Permanent solution
• Designs for the permanent solution have been completed
• This includes re-instatement of the damaged silo and the associated coal conveyor system
• Two other coal silos will also be reinforced
• A tender enquiry was issued to the market and closed on November 3, 2015
• Evaluation in progress and anticipated contract award date is December 1, 2015
• Construction will be complete by December 31, 2017
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