Matimba Power Station

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Matimba Power Station
Location of Matimba Babomba Power Station in South Africa
Country South Africa
Location Limpopo
Coordinates 23°40′6″S27°36′38″E / 23.66833°S 27.61056°E / -23.66833; 27.61056
Owner Eskom
Operator
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units operational6 [1]
Nameplate capacity 3,990 Megawatt [1]
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Matimba Power Station close to Ellisras, Limpopo Province, South Africa, is a dry-cooled coal-fired power plant operated by Eskom. [2]

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Power generation

The station consists of six 665 MW units with a total installed capacity of 3,990 MW. The turbine's Maximum Continuous Rating is 35.60%. The power station was commissioned between 1988 and 1993. Matimba is the largest direct dry-cooled power station in the world. [1] The use of dry-cooling technology has considerably reduced water consumption at the plant relative to those using wet-cooling systems. [2]

Matimba is fueled by the open-cast Grootegeluk coal mine on the Waterberg Coalfield [3] with about 14.6 million tons of coal a year [4] via a conveyor system. [5] The mine is also contracted to supply the new Medupi Power Station. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Matimba Power Station". Eskom . Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Eskom history".
  3. ↑ "EI, Grootgeluk Coal Mine move to electronic knowledge management". Aardvark Communication. 2003-06-20. Retrieved 15 January 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 "Mine to double its coal sales to Eskom". Business Report. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Mining and Industry". Lephalale Local Municipality. Archived from the original on 9 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
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