The blast affected Unit 6 of the power station located in Mpumalanga. The facility has a total capacity of 3,000 MW. Eskom has confirmed that an explosion which rocked its coal-fired Kriel Power ...

The blaze that has put one unit at Kriel Power Station in Mpumalanga out of commission for the foreseeable future has reignited the fierce debate about the age of Eskom’s coal-fired fleet and ...

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

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 ...

A fire has damaged unit 6 at Eskom’s ageing Kriel power station in Mpumalanga. The incident was caused by a burst oil pipe. Unit 6, one of six units at the 3GW Kriel station, produces 475MW of ...

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.

Eskom has announced a power outage in Lonehill on Friday, 29 November, from 8:00 to 22:00. The utility company will conduct ...

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 ...

Eskom doesn’t yet know how long it will take to return Kriel Power Station Unit 6 to service. Eskom says Kriel Power Station’s Unit 6 generator will not be offline for long after catching fire in ...