Kusile Unit 6 to return in November: Ramokgopa
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Tuesday confirmed that Unit 6 at Kusile Power Station will return to the grid in November.
In January, Unit 5 at the power station was successfully synchronised back to the grid.
Ramokgopa revealed this whilst engaging with business leaders in Durban about energy challenges and possible interventions.
“There’s Unit 6 that was going to come on stream much later, but that unit is going to come on stream in November this year.”
Ramokgopa also announced that a second-hand unit from the Netherlands will be synchronised to the grid.
The unit arrived in the country two weeks ago and will be used to revive Unit 4 at Medupi Power Station, which has been out of commission following a fire.
“So essentially, we purchased a second-hand unit. It’s on its way to Medupi, and we are confident that we will be synchronising it there it will contribute 800MW to the grid. We have reduced the return period of that unit by a year, so it’s coming back early in September this year.”
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