Acacia power plant
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 53 ′ 1 ″ S , 18 ° 32 ′ 25 ″ E | ||
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 South Africa
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| Primary energy | Kerosene | ||
| power | 171 MW | ||
| operator | Eskom | ||
| Start of operations | 1976 | ||
| Website | Eskom | ||
The power plant Acacia (English: Acacia Power Station ) is a gas turbine power plant of the state-owned South African power utility Eskom with an installed capacity of 171 MW in the province of Western Cape on the outskirts of Cape Town . The three blocks each have an output of 57 MW and, in addition to covering peak loads, also serve to supply the Koeberg nuclear power plant with emergency power . The black start-capable system can be remotely controlled from the Eskom network control room in Simmerapan.
Each of the three TP4 blocks consists of two aero-derivative gas turbines of the type FT4 from Pratt & Whitney . The design is a derivative of JT4 - jet engines as in the Boeing 707 were used. The two turbines are aligned with the generator axis and drive the generator from both sides via a self-synchronizing clutch .
The plant is identical to the Port Rex power plant in East London .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Acacia Power Station. In: www.eskom.co.za. Retrieved September 7, 2015 .
- ^ Port Rex and Acacia Gas Turbine Power Stations. (No longer available online.) In: Eskom Fact Sheet. Eskom, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Acacia Power Station. In: www.eskom.co.za. Retrieved September 7, 2015 .