Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has completed his tour of Eskom power stations.SA will have to decide"how aggressively" to pursue its climate goals.The Cabinet will need to weigh whether SA can meet the climate goals it committed to at COP26 in 2021 against the country's need to keep its coal generation units online longer to meet the energy shortfall, Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Thursday.
Ramokgopa briefed the media following his tour of 16 power stations nationwide. His mission is to improve Eskom's energy availability factor to close the energy capacity gap responsible for load shedding. He outlined his findings and highlighted the"difficult choices" facing the Cabinet. He is particularly concerned about the decommissioning of Tutuka, where he believes the quickest gains can be made, given its shocking performance. Tutuka is Eskom's worst-performing power station with an EAF of 26% and has been a site of endemic corruption.Something hanging in the air at Tutuka is that it is meant to be decommissioned in 2030.
Investments in cost-plus mines were required at Matimba, Tutuka, Lethabo and Matla power stations. Majuba needs investment in the milling plant and Kriel in the cooling towers. These interventions would substantially improve the output of these stations, he said.
_Business A political tourist. Pathetic waste of money.
_Business So it's a difficult choice to decide where to spend all your money you getting for visiting Eskom_SA shopfronts... cause we all know creating loadshedding is your career job now! voetsekanc
_Business Translation: nothing will change.
_Business Chief we dont give an F about climate goals, we need electricity. The climate will recover!
_Business We don't worry , at least the load shedding is gone now - so says the government after scraping the SoD for Eskom
_Business Another ANC Road show 🤬🧨