Eskom CEO Who Started as Blackouts Stopped Intensifies Recovery
- Marokane expects 2,500 megawatts of capacity to return soon
- He also wants Eskom to add its own clean energy sources
Eectricity transmission towers above an informal settlement area of Cape Town.
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Dan Marokane, whose term started during a streak without power cuts that’ve crimped South Africa’s economy, said the utility needs to intensify its recovery and add clean energy stations.
State-owned Eskom hasn’t implemented rotational blackouts for 79 days, which hit a record last year and would sometimes see businesses and households only have power for half a day. Officials have attributed the steadier power supply to efforts by the utility to improve the reliability of poorly maintained coal-fired power stations.