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Spoiled Food Due to Eskom Load-Shedding

Dec 17, 20233 min read

Updated: Jan 27, 2024

Citizens are upset at the Electricity Utility Eskom due to the damages caused by power cuts.


 

Biogas Everyday
17/12/2023, 4:41 pm



Eskom has got more than just one problem on its plate, from struggling to keep the lights on, and now complaints of damaged goods from their consumers. One problem is leading to another, but it seems like the utility company has come up with a solution to this one.


Eskom, one of the biggest power suppliers in Africa and South Africa's major energy producer is again facing backlash because of load-shedding. This time citizens are complaining about their goods being damaged (due to power cuts), from electrical appliances to the food in the fridge, and no one is taking the blame for it. This has caused its consumers to express their frustrations by going to the utility's gates and demanding that action be taken.



Eskom has since then responded to the matter by allowing those affected to make claims, yes that's right, the utility is willing to make up for its damages by offering them a chance to make a claim. While some people are still trying to understand how this is going to be achieved, others have already started asking questions like where the money to make up for all these claims is going to come from.



My question is what's going to happen to the people who claim they have rotten food in their fridges because of load-shedding?


Will Eskom compensate them with groceries, and if so, what then happens to the spoiled food?


Okay, that's three questions, not one but you get where I'm trying to go with this. Food waste is renewable and most of it can be utilized to produce renewable gas through anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion or AD is a process used in Biogas production where organic matter or animal waste is broken down by bacteria in the absence of oxygen, and it creates what is called biogas which is a renewable energy source/clean gas, and digestate which can be used as a biofertilizer.



What you need is a biogas digester, and these can come in small portable sizes for domestic use. They take up food waste, and create biogas for cooking and heating purpose, and people should consider using this green technology to help get rid of spoiled food.


This renewable technology can be found at these selected stores:



If you you would like to make one yourself do checkout these #DIYTips I posted in my blog:



 

What is Eskom


Eskom transforms inputs from the natural environment – coal, nuclear, fuel, diesel, water, and wind – into more than 90% of the energy supplied to a wide range of customers in South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. To balance electricity supply and demand in real time, the System Operator (soon to be the Independent Transmission and System Market Operator, ITSMO, as the Transmission business continues to legally separate) must maintain the frequency of the power system at 50Hz.


Eskom is one of the few remaining vertically integrated utilities connected to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) through an interconnected grid, which serves to support grid stability. Eskom relies on SADC members to maintain sufficient and reliable transmission grids in their countries.


The foundation of the business is the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity, supplemented with the construction of new power stations and network infrastructure. The Gx, Tx, and Dx Divisions rely on support in the form of finance, human resources, procurement, information technology, telecommunications, strategy, risk and sustainability, legal and compliance, and stakeholder relations. In support of the electricity business, Eskom Rotek Industries (a subsidiary) performs turbine and transformer repairs and provides specialised construction and transport services.


 

For more information on how to claim please contact Eskom


Contact details:


Head office physical address:Megawatt ParkMaxwell DriveSunninghillSandton

Switchboard: +27 11 800 8111

Head office postal address:PO Box 1091Johannesburg2001



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