Kusile power station
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 54 '59 " S , 28 ° 55' 2" E | ||
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| Type | Steam power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | coal | ||
| power | 4.8 GW | ||
| operator | Eskom | ||
| Start of operations | August 2017 (planned) [obsolete] | ||
| Website | Eskom | ||
The power plant Kusile (English: Kusile Power Station ) is a building under construction coal plant of the state-owned South African power utility Eskom with an installed capacity of 4.8 GW , of which the first block should go in August 2017 operation. When it goes into operation, Kusile will be one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the world and represent around 12% of the total installed generation capacity in South Africa. It will be the first power plant in South Africa with a flue gas desulfurization system .
investment
The plant, which consists of six 800 MW blocks, is located in the Mpumalanga province near eMalahleni near the existing Kendal power station and covers an area of 1335 hectares. The supercritically operated boilers are approximately 115 m high. They are built by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa together with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe . The turbines and generators are supplied by Alstom.
The power plant is operated with direct dry cooling in order to save water. The capacitors are supported by 60 m high concrete columns. 115,400 tons of steel and 5,300 km of cable are required to build the power plant. The construction costs were estimated at 118.5 billion rand . In 2020 it was announced that construction costs had risen significantly and that full completion was not expected until 2023 at the earliest.
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Inside the “War Room”: SA's high-risk master plan to overcome energy crisis. In: BizNews. September 8, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d Kusile Power Station Project. Eskom, accessed September 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Kusile steam power plant. (No longer available online.) In: www.alstom.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014 ; accessed on September 20, 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.
- ↑ Kusile Power Station. Black & Veatch, accessed September 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa (Pty) Ltd. In: www.za.mhps.com. Retrieved September 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Thanduxolo Jika, Sabelo Skiti: More woes for Medupi and Kusile. Mail & Guardian of March 19, 2020 (English), accessed April 23, 2020
