Hendrina power plant
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 1 '53 " S , 29 ° 36' 4" O | ||
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 South Africa
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| Type | Steam power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | coal | ||
| power | 2 GW | ||
| operator | Eskom | ||
| Start of operations | 1970 | ||
| Chimney height | 155 m | ||
| Website | Eskom | ||
The power plant Hendrina (English: Hendrina Power Station ) was build in the 1970s coal plant of the state-owned South African power utility Eskom with an installed capacity of 2 GW . The plant is a shaft head power plant that burns the hard coal from the affiliated coal mine .
investment
The plant is located in the Mpumalanga province about 40 km south of Middelburg . It consists of ten 200 MW units that went into operation between 1970 and 1976. In the longest turbine hall of all Eskom power plants upon completion, there are ten longitudinally arranged two-casing turbine sets from Kraftwerk Union . The power plant has two 155 m high chimneys and is cooled by seven 116 m high wet cooling towers .
Between 1995 and 1997, units 6 to 10 were overhauled and equipped with a common control room , the remaining units followed in the years 2000 to 2003. The Hendrina power plant is one of the oldest plants in South Africa and is in continuous operation.
See also
Web links
- Hendrina Power Station. In: Eskom History. Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hendrina Power Station. Eskom, accessed September 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Hendrina Power Station. In: Eskom History. Retrieved September 19, 2015 .