Eskom warns of load-shedding risk as Koeberg Unit 2 is shut again

Electricity utility Eskom reported on Friday that Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, which was returned to service earlier this month following an extended outage, was shut down after one of the control rods developed a mechanical problem. The utility indicated that repairs could take up to five days and that the probability of load-shedding had, thus, increased. 
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Stage 2 load-shedding might be implemented at short notice tonight, this weekend

Eskom has cautioned the public that its generation system remains constrained and Stage 2 load-shedding could be implemented on Friday night, or during peak times on Saturday and Sunday.  “The cold front expected during the weekend is also anticipated to result in increased demand for electricity, adding to the capacity constraints,” Eskom said. 
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Coal miners starting to take energy-transition steps

Creamer Media’s Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about plans by South African coal miners Seriti Resources, Exxaro Resources and Thungela Resources in the renewables space and how that positions them for the future. This is all happening at a time when the coal market is experiencing significant demand growth as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the impact thereof on the global energy sector.
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South African town councils owed Eskom R49.1bn by end-July

South African municipalities’ debt to state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings rose almost 10% since March to R49.1-billion by the end of July, Deputy President David Mabuza said. “This is not a desirable state of affairs for both Eskom and municipalities,” Mabuza told lawmakers in a briefing on Thursday. “For that reason, Eskom forms part of a multi-disciplinary revenue committee which is meant to address payment of debt to the utility by municipalities and organs of State.”
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Three voyages reach FLNG development

In April, heavy lifting shipping company BigLift Shipping announced it had been contacted by global oil and gas company TechnipFMC and it had subsequently successfully made three heavy lift vessels available for work on the Coral floating liquefied natural gas development in Mozambique. The vessels were contracted to mobilize the client’s equipment from various ports in Europe – Aberdeen, in the UK, Moss, in Norway, Le Trait, in France, Bilbao, in Basque Country, in Spain and Marina di Carrara, in Italy – and were destined for the Maputo and Pemba Bay ports in Mozambique.
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