As anyone who pays attention to Energy knows, South Africa squandered time and money to build Wind Turbines, which do nothing to elevate the pain of not having enough electricity to run a modern economy.
Thus, South Africa is betting on Coal.
Medupi Likely delay in first synchronisation of Unit 6 Daily Maverick
Yes, Wind Energy failed, this winter during Christmas, South Africa shut down its industry so that utilities could do scheduled maintenance at the fossil fuel power plants.
This resulted in power outages. I have to wonder, why the great Wind Turbines did not supply the power needed?
SA braces for cold turkey as Eskom falters - Times LIVE
Thus, South Africa is betting on Coal.
Medupi Likely delay in first synchronisation of Unit 6 Daily Maverick
Medupi Power Station near Lephalale in Limpopo as seen during a media visit on Thursday, 11 April 2013. When completed, the power station is to have six boilers each powering an 800 MW turbine, producing 4800 MW of power. Eskom chief executive Brian Dames and Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba visited the site on Thursday. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA
Yes, Wind Energy failed, this winter during Christmas, South Africa shut down its industry so that utilities could do scheduled maintenance at the fossil fuel power plants.
This resulted in power outages. I have to wonder, why the great Wind Turbines did not supply the power needed?
SA braces for cold turkey as Eskom falters - Times LIVE
Eskom's latest power crisis is set to plunge some South African suburbs into 54 hours of darkness this week - and the chaos is likely to continue into the new year.
- Eskom and civil servants are milking it
- Rolling blackouts throughout the weekend: Eskom
- Power cuts lead to job losses: Numsa
- Consumers are warned to brace themselves for cold turkey on Christmas Day as the power utility expects to take some units offline for planned maintenance after industry shuts down for the year.
The embattled parastatal announced on Friday that it needed to free up 4000MW after running out of water and diesel at some facilities.
Eskom said this was due to depleted reserves and "unforeseen technical problems" at some cycle gas turbines and depleted water reserves at others.
Not since 2008, when rolling blackouts first hit South Africa - eventually costing the economy R50-billion - have consumers and businesses been as hard hit by interrupted power supply.