Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has said that the country will receive a significant boost in 2024 with the earlier-than-expected return to service of Medupi Unit 4. 

Eskom’s actions to rectify major boiler defects at its newly built Medupi and Kusile power stations are improving the plants’ energy availability factor. 

The African Development Bank has said that Medupi will never make a profit because of delays, design defects and increasing opposition to coal-fired electricity generation. 

Eskom has reported that it has implemented repairs and fixes to generation units 1 to 3 at the Medupi power station. 

Eskom confirmed on August 9 that an explosion at the Medupi power station's Unit 4 generator had resulted in extensive damage to the generator. 

Unit 1, the last of six generation units of the Medupi power station, has attained commercial operation status. 

SABC News has reported that South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza has confirmed that Eskom’s Medupi power station will be fully operational by the end of 2021. 

Medupi Unit 1 is on track for commercial operation by July 2021. 

Eskom has issued a no-obligation request for information to gain insight into what flue-gas desulphurisation technologies are currently available and to assess their potential suitability for... 

Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy has received no formal communication from Eskom with regard to it potentially not installing flue-gas desulphurisation systems at the... 

Eskom is rolling out design modifications, made recently to units 3 to 6 of the Medupi power plant, rather than waiting for the results of an evaluation of the fixes, which is proceeding in parallel. 

Unit 3 at the Medupi power station is in operation. 

Eskom did not shift its April 9 deadline for returning Medupi Unit 3 to service, despite work restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Commercial operation of the power plant is scheduled for November 2020. 

The Medupi coal-fired power station has produced first power out of its last unit. 

ELB Engineering Services has been successful in assisting Eskom’s Medupi power station to bring the dust handling plants under control. 

Unit 3 at Eskom's Medupi power station has attained commercial operation status. 

Eskom has offered a sobering update on the difficulties it is having at its Medupi project. 

Eskom signed a loan agreement with the China Development Bank, which will form part of the funding for the Medupi power plant. 

Eskom has announced that good progress has been made on Medupi's Unit 5. 

Eskom and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa have set up a joint technical task team to review the blow-through procedure ahead of future blow-through tests on the 11 other Medupi units. 

Eskom has reported that work is progressing well on Unit 6, which is scheduled to be synchronised at the end of the year. 

Eskom has offered a detailed timeline for the synchronisation of Medupi Unit 6, which is officially scheduled for December 15, 2014. 

Illegal protest action at the Medupi power station brought work on the project to a standstill on January 17. 

Siemens is on track with its work for State-owned power utility Eskom’s Medupi power station, but is facing challenges, owing to delays in the civil works at the site.