Medupi completion won’t impact load shedding - energy expert
Energy expert Chris Yelland says the completion of another unit at Medupi coal-fired power station won’t solve the country’s load shedding crisis.
On Monday, power utility Eskom announced that Unit One, which is the last of six generation units at Medupi Power station, was finally completed.
The unit has finally attained its operation status, some 14 years after construction began.
“It’s probably going to make little difference because this unit has been delivering power to the grid for the last year,” says Yellend.
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“The point is that this is a paperwork milestone, the point is that it has been delivering power Into the grid since last year but not at the required performance today.
“Of course, it is progress that it has finally been put into commercial service but in reality that makes very little difference compared to the last several months of the year.”
