South Africa: Concerns Mount Over Eskom's Medium-Term System Adequacy Outlook

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Following the recent exposé by EE Publishers on the deepening coal supply crisis facing Eskom, alarm bells are also sounding about the utility's worsening generation plant performance impacting on South Africa's medium-term (five-year) system adequacy outlook.

There are deepening concerns about the overall state of Eskom's ageing fleet of coal-fired power plants and the ability of Eskom to meet demand in the next five years. Already, Eskom is operating its emergency open-cycle gas turbines in the Western Cape almost daily to meet demand and avoid load shedding.

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