Komati Power Station
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Komati Power Station | |
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Country | South Africa |
Location | Mpumalanga |
Coordinates | 26°05′24″S 29°28′19″E / 26.09000°S 29.47194°E |
Status | Decommissioned |
Commission date | 1961 |
Decommission date | 2022 |
Construction cost |
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Owner(s) | Eskom |
Operator(s) | |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 9 Megawatt[1] |
External links | |
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History
The first unit was commissioned in 1961 and the last in 1966. In 1988, three units at Komati were mothballed, one was kept in reserve and the other five were only operated during peak hours. In 1990, the complete station was mothballed until 2008 when the unit 9 was the first to be recommissioned under Eskom's return-to-service project. The full station was put online in 2011.[1]
It was finally decommissioned on 31 October 2022. The decommissioning was supported by the World Bank as part of the Eskom Just Energy Transition Project, alongside a package of international support for decarbonization in South Africa known as the South Africa Just Energy Transition Investment Plan.[2]
Power generation
The station consists of a total of 9 units having five 100MW units on the East (1-5) and four 125MW units on the West (6-9) with a total installed capacity of 1,000MW. Turbine
See also
- Eskom
- Fossil-fuel power plant
- List of power stations in South Africa
References
- ^ Department of Minerals and Energy (South Africa). Archived from the originalon 16 December 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Factsheet: Eskom Just Energy Transition Project in South Africa". World Bank. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
External links
- Komati Power Station on the Eskom-Website