{"id":82370,"date":"2015-03-03T08:44:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T06:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=82370"},"modified":"2015-03-03T09:01:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T07:01:10","slug":"medupis-unit-six-synchronised-with-the-grid-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/03\/03\/medupis-unit-six-synchronised-with-the-grid-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Medupi’s Unit Six synchronised with the grid for the first time on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, Medupi’s Unit six synchronised with the grid for the first time, four years after the scheduled date.<\/p>\n

With the Medupi Power Station\u00a0delivering its first unit of electricity, Eskom\u00a0hopes it will bring some stability to the power grid.<\/p>

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By 2020, Eskom expects\u00a0all units of the station will deliver more than 4,000 megawatts.<\/p>\n

Eskom\u2019s spokesman Khulu Phasiwe explained the significance of this achievement.<\/p>

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\u201cIt will help us a great deal.<\/p>\n

“We’re not saying it will solve all our problems, but at least it will be helping us to make sure that we keep the lights on.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Africans have been warned that although Medupi is expected to supply 800 megawatts by June, it\u2019s not enough to reduce load shedding.<\/p>\n

Eskom related articles:<\/p>\n

A technical fault at a Koeberg unit has stripped 1,000 megawatts from the national grid.<\/a><\/p>\n

How does Eskom plan to keep the lights on?<\/a><\/p>\n

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