Eskom to Cut 2,000MW From S. Africa Grid Every Evening This Week

Vapour rises from chimneys at the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Matimba coal-fired power station in Lephalale, South Africa, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. South Africa’s Eskom is increasing power cuts to prevent a total collapse of the grid as issues grow from lack of imports to breakdowns at its coal-fired plants. , Bloomberg

Prinesha Naidoo, Bloomberg News

May 22, 2022

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South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will continue staging rolling blackouts during the coming week due to a shortage of generation capacity. 

The utility, responsible for almost all of South Africa’s power, will cut 2,000 megawatts from the national grid from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. local time throughout the week, it said in statement posted on Twitter. Eskom has staged national power outages in all but one month this year and has instituted rolling blackouts on 19 days so far in May.  

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