Sep 18

SA’s Electricity Minister says units at Kusile have been out of service for a prolonged period

SA’s Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Kusile power station’s units one, two and three have been out of service for a prolonged period. This is due to design flaws that resulted in the structural integrity of the flue-gas desulphurisation chimneys being compromised. Ramokgopa gave an update on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan. He says initial planning anticipated the temporary stacks would be completed and the three units  returned to service from 28 November: