SA Power Crisis | DISCUSSION: Possible solutions and alternatives to rolling blackouts
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- We're looking at finding the light at the end of the tunnel How do we solve a problem like Eskom and climb out of the economic black hole that load shedding has opened. South Africans have been subjected to load shedding almost every day since the last quarter o last year with stage 6 implemented for the longest time this year. South Africa's potential in so many other areas - tourism, manufacturing, mining - is being squandered. Before I introduce my esteemed panel let's look at the myriad of reasons why we're in the mess. Writing in his weekly letter this week the President said that load shedding was the result of a perfect storm of various factors hitting all at once. Let's look at those factors. And then for each misstep or problem, we'll look at the way forward.
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Just remember that the ANC has a vested interest in not giving up their fattest looting cow. And also remember how quickly the ANC acted to imprison us all during lockdown vs. how slowly they're acting to give us energy security.
Easy solution to all of South Africa's problems......Get rid of the corrupt ANC!
Chase the criminals (ANC) out of the Union Buildings, restore law and order and start managing this country.
we're in this situation as a direct result of ANC members who continues to vote for the demise of the country.
You have to wonder, with all of our nuclear technologies that we have invented and commercialized, why it has not been adopted as a local solution. If academic institutions in South Africa start focusing more on nuclear research and training capable engineers then we could easily have many small-scale pebble-bed nuclear reactors that power our economic hubs.
Our country also would have been ideally placed to supply electricity to Southern Africa. We have 58,000 MW of capacity, Mozambique has 3,000 MW. Our economy and infrastructure could develop much of the Southern African region economically and we would greatly benefit from it. All it takes is the political will.
The capability of those nuclear technologies are a bit overstated. Small scale PBRs are less than 80MW. You need 500 of those to replace the coal fleet. They are also relatively expensive and are not yet really commercially proven. For example, a small experimental PBR in Germany was shut down when it leaked radiation.
PBRs might be a thing in the future, but they are not ready yet.
@@cccmmm1234 You don't have to replace the entire baseload with PBR's. You just have to mitigate loadshedding with it. Also, there are 3 PBR's running in the US for many years that have had no issues. And just like any other technology, especially new technology, there will be kinks to sort out for sure. Our nuclear research institute have been working on PBR's since the late 90's so I'm convinced that if they had the required resources as well as political will we could have made it commercially available.
@@MnrBloemie OK, lets say you want to build enough to stave off stage 8 load shedding. That is at least 100 reactors. That is a lot to build for an unproven technology.
Sure there have been some very small research reactors at universities etc, but these are not the same as commercial operating units which are managed in a different way. As fro the local programme, that was shut down. None of those skills are still in the country.
I am sure too that if they HAD kept resourcing that research things would have been in a different place. But they did not and so they are not. What MIGHT have been does not change what the reality of today is.
It is the same as saying, if the Mandela government HAD listened to Eskom in 1998 and built more generators back then then there would not be load shedding. They did not and so there are problems.
@@cccmmm1234 You don't need 100's of reactors. That's just ridiculous. Paramount Group's subsidiary, DCD-Dorbyl, has been involved in reactor designs for many years in a partnership with Westinghouse. They've built numerous nuclear plants of which some have been in operation for many years now. The initial project envisioned 600mW output - which mind you, is enough to power almost 10,000,000 South African homes, but they have increased the designs for 1000 - 1400mW output.
Just because you are pessimistic about nuclear power doesn't mean it is an 'unproven technology'. And mind you, South African companies are leaders in the nuclear industry. So I disagree with you that ''none of those skills are still in the country''. That's utter bullsh*t and you don't know what you are talking about, I'm sorry.
As I stated, if there was political will, we would have sufficient nuclear generation, and no need to spend $100 billion on Russian nuclear technology, which is what Zuma wanted to do.
@@MnrBloemie I am not pessimistic about nuclear power, but they can't be built quickly.
The nuclear reactors you are talking about are medium and large ones about the size of Koeberg, not SMRs. SMRs are smaller than about 70MW. You would need 100+ of those to move the needle.
Ultimately iffing about what might have been doesn't change where things are at. Nor does having dreams about unproven technologies.
NO loadshedding has been with us since 2008 maybe earlier
In 1998 Eskom wanted that load shedding would come if more power stations were not built. They gave enough warning to fix the problem before 2008.
Government should subsidize the private sector that installs solar panel's
They will only do that if it is BEE....as is the norm.
SUbsidising something just means that the taxpayer must pay, and because it then goes through the government and BEE it ends up costing much more.
No solution just blame and complain from oppositions and ANC
there wull be hope as soon as the anc is gone and a trustworthy honorable government run the country
Those two unfinished power stations Kusile and Medupi should have been built by Afriforum.....
I am actually really optimistic about the private generation company that they are starting. They complete projects on-time and on-budget with a lot of focus on benefiting the local communities vs. just selling out to the rest of the country. I really think that they could be the start of completely transforming the electricity industry in South Africa by allowing small-scale, local projects to electrify local electrical grids.
Will really appreciate help on depts..🙏
if you want to save mega watts you need to cut off the non payers ... load shed the non payers first
i am wating for the anc to blame the whole situation on apartheid and racism for their failer
You guys boycotted a nuclear deal with russia 😢
how many members of the anc government has interest in solar companies the eskom board as well