Eskom says SA has enough power for the next five years

SA will have enough generation capacity for the next five years, even if its economy grows by 2.6% over the period, a new report by power utility Eskom says.

But this is based on the proviso that Eskom keeps the energy availability factor (EAF) of its power stations at an average of 63%, the report by the utility’s system operator (SO) said. ..

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