29-05-2015 17:07 via news.yahoo.com

South Africa's Eskom says Medupi unit at full output

South African electricity utility Eskom said on Friday it would not cut power this winter when it only plans minor maintenance on its stations and that one of its units at the partially built Medupi plant was now generating at full capacity. The first unit at Medupi, whose construction has been bogged down by strikes, technical delays and cost overruns, is generating 800 MW of power, Eskom said. The coal-fired Medupi is one of three large-scale power plants Eskom is building to reduce chronic el
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