Eskom plans to spend R170 billion in maintenance over the next five years in a bid to restore the performance of its fleet from 59% availability to 66% over the next three years – still far below the 75% demanded by government.
Eskom plans to spend at least R170bn in a bid to maintain and restore the coal fleet. Will this solve the energy crisis or are we simply throwing good money after bad?
In five years, Eskom went from predicting that SA would have an 8GW surplus of capacity to having a 6GW deficit. At the heart of our energy crisis is the collapse of its coal fleet.