Eskom to add 6 500 km of high-voltage transmission lines by 2028

Power utility Eskom plans to add about 6 500 km of high-voltage transmission lines and 46 000 MVA of transformer capacity in the next ten years, its latest Transmission Development Plan (TDP), for the period from 2019 to 2028, shows. The TDP, which was released on Thursday, also demonstrates Eskom’s inclusion of independent power producer (IPP) projects in its transmission network and sets out plans to increase cross-border transmission lines to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho.