– how Eskom managed to suspend load shedding for so long

Load shedding has effectively “relaunched” in South Africa after Eskom recently ended a more than 400-day period of near permanent blackouts.

Power utility Eskom announced on Sunday that load shedding is back in full swing, with outages returning at stage 2 and stage 3 until further notice.

According to independent energy analyst Pieter Jordaan, last week represented the best performance in over 400 days. “For context: required 118 GWh of peaking energy but had already recorded 223 GWh of peaking by Friday.Eskom employed double the annual average level of Open Cycle Gas Turbine peaking last week to make the extended suspension possible“ also set a new record by breaching the emergency margin of 2.2 GW for three consecutive days, starting on Tuesday,24 October,” Jordaan said.Eskom’s stronger performance over the past few weeks has largely been thanks to lower demand.

This lower demand has been attributed to both a more conscientious consumer and a major boost from rooftop solar installations, which have doubled this year so far.

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