Kendal power station
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 5 '24 " S , 28 ° 58' 17" O | ||
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 South Africa
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| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | Hard coal | ||
| power | 4116 MW | ||
| owner | Eskom | ||
| Start of operations | 1982 | ||
| Energy fed in per year | 24,691 GWh | ||
The Kendal power plant in South Africa is currently the most powerful coal-fired power plant in South Africa. It is located approximately 40 kilometers southwest of eMalahleni in Mpumalanga Province .
It was built from 1982 by Eskom , the largest electricity supplier in South Africa. The last block went into operation in 1993.
The power plant comprises six units with an installed capacity of 686 MW each , and a total of 4116 megawatts of installed capacity. In 2001, 3840 megawatts of this were used as output. The average availability over the last three years was 93.69%, the average annual electricity production was 24,691 gigawatt hours . It produces 24.3 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
The power plant is the largest facility in the world that uses cooling towers with indirect dry cooling . The cooling towers have a diameter of 165 m at the base and are also 165 m high.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Carbon Monitoring for Action, Kendal, online
- ↑ Kendal Power Station. In: www.eskom.co.za. Retrieved September 6, 2015 .
Web links
- Kendal Power Station. In: www.eskom.co.za. Retrieved September 6, 2015 .