Eskom dismisses warning of potential power loss due to water treatment plant failure

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Eskom rejects the warning by the VGBe Consortium that a water treatment plant failure could result in a significant loss of generation capacity.

The warning by the VGBe Consortium of technical experts appointed by National Treasury that 9 800MW of generation capacity could be lost to the grid at once if a dodgy water treatment plant that serves Medupi and its neighbouring power station Matimba fails is nonsense, according to Eskom.

Eric Shunmagum, senior manager in the office of the group executive for generation, Bheki Nxumalo, said on Monday the 600-page report contains “some inaccuracies”, pointing specifically to the fact that Medupi has its own water treatment plant that is in good condition, as is the one at Matimba

 

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