A fire has damaged unit 6 at Eskom’s ageing Kriel power station in Mpumalanga. The incident was caused by a burst oil pipe.

Kriel Power Station Unit 6 contributes 475MW to the power grid. With this unit temporarily offline, total unplanned outages ...

The power utility’s ecent failure at Kriel Power Station raises questions about its awareness of fire risks highlighted in ...

The blast affected Unit 6 of the power station located in Mpumalanga. The facility has  a total capacity of 3,000 MW.

Eskom may have experienced another generating unit explosion, this time at its Kriel Power Station in Mpumalanga. According to an X (formerly Twitter) post from Limpopo Current Affairs (@BlaqSlav) ...

Unit 6 at Kriel Power Station was on fire last night. (Photo supplied). A fire at unit 6 at Kriel Power Station last night had everyone keeping an eye for load-shedding schedules. Eskom ...

When functional, Kriel’s Unit 6 contributes 475 MW to the power grid. With this unit temporarily offline, total unplanned outages stand at 8 483 MW, still 4 517 MW below the base case for the ...

A major fire has reportedly broken out at Kriel Power Station in Mpumalanga over the weekend and it is likely to have started after an explosion of the power station’s coal-fire generating Unit 6.

Power utility Eskom says the fire that broke out at unit 6 of the Kriel power station on Sunday will not impact its power supply and load shedding remains off the table. On Sunday, 3 November 2024 ...