Van Eck power plant
| Van Eck power plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 30 '45 " S , 17 ° 4' 44" O | ||
| country | Namibia | ||
| place | Windhoek | ||
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| Type | coal-fired power station | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| power | 120 MW | ||
| owner | NamPower | ||
| operator | NamPower | ||
| Project start | 1960s | ||
| Start of operations | 1972 | ||
| was standing | 2017-06-18 | ||
The Van Eck power station ( English Van Eck Power Station ) is a coal-fired power station and the second largest power station in Namibia .
The coal-fired power plant in the northern industrial area of the capital Windhoek has an installed capacity of 120 MW . The four generators were commissioned between 1972 and 1979. Van-Eck was the first power plant in southern Africa to use cooling towers with dry cooling .
Between 2012 and 2015 the power plant was overhauled for 330 million Namibian dollars and equipped with flue gas filters, among other things .
See also
Web links
- Official power plant site (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Van Eck Power Station. Nampower. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ↑ Refurbished Van Eck generates again. Namibian Economist, May 29, 2015.