Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has commended Eskom for achieving an Energy Availability Factor (EAF) above 70%, a feat last achieved nearly three years ago, as the Unplanned Capability Loss Factor (UCLF) is now less than 10 000MW.
In his Energy Action Plan media briefing yesterday, Ramokgopa said consistently good performance from Kusile, Lethabo, Majuba, Matla and Medupi from the latter part of last year had contributed to the EAF trend, but the improvement was also being seen in older power stations with improved performance at Arnot, Camden, Hendrina and Grootvlei.
He said the improvement in Eskom’s power generation was reflected in the EAF rising to 62.08% in week 18 this year, from only 49.99% in week 15 last year, and had now reached 70.78%.
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