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Eskom confirms Kusile Unit 6 achieves commercial operation [SOUND]

# Eskom has confirmed that Unit 6 at the Kusile power station in Mpumalanga has officially entered commercial operation, marking the successful completion of Eskom’s build programme. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says this milestone is a key component of the generation recovery plan and ends the construction of South Africa’s two supercritical coal-fired power stations, Kusile, and Medupi in Limpopo. She says with Unit 6 now online, Kusile and Medupi can deliver a combined nine-thousand-600-megawatts when operating at full capacity:

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