Tutuka power plant
| Tutuka power plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 46 '43 " S , 29 ° 21' 7" E | ||
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 South Africa
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| Type | Steam power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | coal | ||
| power | 3,652 GW | ||
| operator | Eskom | ||
| Start of operations | 1985-1990 | ||
The Tutuka power plant is a coal-fired power plant owned by the state-owned South African energy supplier Eskom with an installed capacity of 3,652 GW in the Mpumalanga province . The first power plant block with an output of 609 MW was put into operation in 1985, the last of the six blocks in 1990. The power plant is an essential hub in the 765 kV high-voltage network in South Africa. With just over 20 billion tons of CO 2 in 2009, the power plant is one of the world's largest emitters of carbon dioxide .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Tutuka Power Station. Eskom, accessed January 19, 2015 .
- ^ Carbon Monitoring for Action: Top Power Producing Plants in the World