{"id":1597,"date":"2022-01-02T11:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T09:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2022-01-02T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T09:08:05","slug":"eskoms-kusile-unit-4-added-to-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/01\/02\/eskoms-kusile-unit-4-added-to-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom\u2019s Kusile Unit 4 added to power grid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eskom has connected Unit 4 of Kusile Power Station project to the national grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unit was connected to the grid for the first time on 23 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis synchronisation milestone means four generating units of the power station are now connected to the grid, and will contribute an additional 800MW to the country\u2019s power system once the unit is fully optimised, following a series of tests and other commissioning activities,\u201d said the power utility on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Situated near eMalahleni in Mpumalanga, Kusile is South Africa\u2019s largest construction project and will be the world\u2019s fourth largest coal plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eskom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eskom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MediaStatement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MediaStatement<\/a><br><br>Kusile Unit 4 synchronised to the national grid for the first time, helping to ease the capacity constraints <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HXKunDyNvq\">pic.twitter.com\/HXKunDyNvq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eskom_SA\/status\/1476512766932434949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: WCC<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has connected Unit 4 of Kusile Power Station project to the national grid. 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