Kriel Power Station in
Mpumalanga,
South Africa
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, is a
coal-fired power plant
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operated by
Eskom
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. It is located about 4 km from
Matla Power Station
Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is a coal-fired power plant operated by Eskom and consuming the output from the Matla coal mine.
History
Construction started in 1974, and the last unit was commissioned in July 1983. In 1981 t ...
just outside the town of
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(
Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga
Emalahleni Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni languages, Nguni name meaning ''place of coal''.
Main places
The South African National Census of 2001, 200 ...
).
In contrast with most other Eskom power stations, the turbine generators at Kriel are each housed in a separate building rather than the more common single turbine hall.
When Kriel was completed in 1979 it was the largest coal-fired power station in the
Southern Hemisphere. It was also one of the first stations to be supplied with coal from a fully mechanised coal mine.
History
On 25 July 2022, the entire power station tripped. Eskom said the first fault caused units 1, 2 and 3 of the power station to trip, while the second fault tripped units 4 and 5. Unit 6 was already offline.
Power generation
The station has six 500MW units for a total installed capacity of 3,000MW with turbine
Maximum Continuous Rating
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at 36.90%.
See also
*
Fossil-fuel power plant
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*
List of power stations in South Africa
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Organizations
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References
External links
Kriel Power Stationon the Eskom website
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