Eskom shares transmission development plan
South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom plans to increase transmission infrastructure with additional high-voltage lines and transformer capacity.
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South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom plans to increase transmission infrastructure with additional high-voltage lines and transformer capacity.
Segomoco Scheppers, Group Executive for Transmission, says, “Through our transmission development plan, we aim to increase the transmission infrastructure by approximately 5,650 km of high-voltage lines and 41,595 MVA of transformer capacity in the next 10 years. Significant investments are required for strengthening the transmission grid to accommodate the new generation capacity in accordance with the IRP2019.”
Since the publication of the last transmission development plan in 2019, a number of transmission substations and transformer capacity enhancement projects were commissioned within the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPP) Programme. Thirteen additional IPP projects in were integrated into the national transmission grid, providing approximately 866 MW of energy. The successful integration of these IPP projects was underpinned by investments in new substations and transformer capacity enhancements, mainly in the Northern Cape.
„Over this planning period, 30 GW of new generation capacity, mainly from renewable energy sources (PV and wind) is expected to be added to the power system. In order to provide an adequate and reliable transmission system, the total transmission capital plan in this period amounts to approximately $7,2 B (R118 B). This is mainly associated with network requirements for the new anticipated generation capacity, to meet the future demand growth in the country, to ensure reliability and security of supply, and to sustain the existing and ageing transmission network infrastructure that requires substantial investments in refurbishments as well,” said Scheppers.
Source: Eskom