Final unit integrated at Kusile

By Johnathan Paoli

South Africa’s energy sector has marked a significant milestone with Eskom successfully integrating the final unit of Kusile Power Station, Unit 6, into the national grid.

It brings Eskom closer to its strategic objective of adding 2500MW of new capacity by March and represents a major step in stabilsing the country’s electricity supply.

“It marks a crucial step towards completing one of South Africa’s largest infrastructure projects and is a key milestone in Eskom’s strategic objective of adding 2.5GW of new capacity to the grid by March 2025,” it said in a statement.

Once all units are fully operational, Kusile Power Station will contribute a total of 4800MW to the grid, making it the largest infrastructure project in South Africa’s history.

In parallel, Medupi Power Station is expected to return Unit 4, an additional 800MW, by the end of April following repairs from a generator stator failure.