Repairs to the
damaged generator at Medupi Power Station’s unit 4 could cost anything between
R1.5 billion and R2 billion, Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter said in an
interview on Wednesday.
“We are
busy with our investigation and have retrieved a significant amount of data
from our computer systems, which we will now go through line by line. I don’t
want to commit to a number, but the repairs could cost anything between R1.5
billion and R2 billion. We foresee that these repairs could take up to 24
months,” De Ruyter told Fin24.
The loss of approximately 700 MW in energy generation from the damaged unit is a blow to Eskom’s efforts to maintain a stable electricity supply.
