The Power and Water Corporation says it is still investigating why a turbine at the new Weddell power station has broken down. The turbine is one of only two at the station and could cost as much ...

Eskom Holdings Ltd. said its Duvha Power Station was damaged when a 600 megawatt unit was taken down to perform a routine turbine test late yesterday. All five units of the 3,600 megawatt power ...

The recent damage to the 600MW units at Duvha Power Station presents a challenge to state-owned power utility Eskom. This is according to Frost & Sullivan's Vincent Maposa, and energy and power ...

Turbine operator Damon Adams leads the media on a tour of the power house for turbine number 6 at the Sewerage and Water Board's Carrollton Water Plant in New Orleans, La., Monday, June 4, 2018.

The major failure at Duvha power station in Mpumalanga was caused by operator error, Eskom said on Wednesday. “The direct cause of the incident is attributed to an operating error, in that the ...

Cape Town - An investigation by power utility Eskom into a routine turbine test that went wrong at its Duvha power station in Mpumalanga earlier this year is still under way, Public Enterprises ...

An investigation by utility Eskom into a routine turbine test that went wrong at its Duvha power station in Mpumalanga earlier this year is still underway, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi ...

Mbombela - One of the units of Duvha power station in Mpumalanga was damaged when it burst into flames during a routine turbine test, Eskom said on Thursday. "In the execution of the test, the ...

The incident happened when the 600 MW units at Duvha had been taken off load to perform a required turbine test. "This is a statutory test that is carried out in every power station.

A unit at the Duvha Power Station in Mpumalanga that has been off stream since March 2014 after over-pressurisation experienced by a boiler will only be back on stream in 2019/20‚ Eskom said.

The accident, on February 9, wiped 600MW of power from the national grid when one of the turbine units that was undergoing routine tests malfunctioned, causing it to fly apart and sparking a fire.

A turbine generator at Eskom Holdings Ltd.’s Duvha power plant damaged in an explosion last month may cost 3 billion rand ($430 million) to fix, News24 reported, citing spokeswoman Hillary Joffe.