Port Rex power station
| Port Rex power station | |||
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 1 '39 " S , 27 ° 53' 2" E | ||
| country |
 South Africa
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| Primary energy | Kerosene | ||
| power | 171 MW | ||
| operator | Eskom | ||
| Start of operations | 1976 | ||
| Website | Eskom | ||
The power plant Port Rex (English: Port Rex 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 East London in the province of Eastern Cape . The three blocks each have an output of 57 MW and are mainly used to cover peak loads in the region and to compensate for reactive power . The black start-capable system is 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 Acacia power plant .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Port Rex Power Station. In: www.eskom.co.za. Retrieved September 12, 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 .