South Africa's Eskom Battles Murphy's Law at Mega Projects

JOHANNESBURG--December 2, 2014--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--South Africa's embattled power utility Eskom (Sunninghill, South Africa) is facing critical maintenance problems with its ageing coal fleet. It has suffered a coal silo collapse at the 4,110-megawatt (MW) Majuba power station, and is in an acute financial crisis as it looks for ways to fill the country's power gap and keep the lights on.

Within this article: Overview of several projects by Eskom, including the Medupi 4,800-megawatt power station.