Kusile fire may delay completion of 800 MW unit by a year, warns De Ruyter

On Wednesday morning, Eskom group CEO André de Ruyter admitted to Parliament that a recent fire at unit 5 of the Kusile Power Station may delay the unit’s completion by a whole year, until December 2024. A month ago, a fire broke out at a gas air heater at unit 5, which is being commissioned and has not yet been synchronised to the grid.