History
This
4 110 megawatt station, constructed at a cost of R11.9 billion, is one of the
five biggest power stations in the world and the first to have been officially
opened in South Africa after 1994. Construction started in 1983 and the first of
its six units was placed in commercial operation in April 1996. The remaining
five units were added at a rate of one unit per year, with the final unit coming
into operation in April 2001.
Majuba
Power Station has always generated a great deal of interest and speculation. The
original planning proposal for Majuba as contained in the Planning Proposal for
Expansion Schemes dated January 1982, allowed for Unit 1 to start production in
September 1988, with subsequent units at one year intervals (Unit 6 in September
1993).
Facts
about Majuba Power Station:
-
Majuba
is the latest of Eskom's "6 pack" power plants
-
Majuba
is Eskom's second largest power plant with an installed capacity of 4 110MW
-
Units
1-3 capacity: 657 MW per unit (612 MW sent out)
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Units
4-6 capacity: 712 MW per unit (669 MW sent out)
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Majuba
has no dedicated mine and currently purchases coal through short/medium term
supply contracts (15 suppliers)
-
Majuba
has 2 shifting capabilities
What
makes Majuba Power Station unique?
- Different
sources of coal
- Only
Eskom plant operating a train tippler plant
- Coal
delivered per month by rail 0.42 MT, by road 0.74 MT, approximately 700 trucks
per day
- Majuba
utilizes two different cooling technologies: Indirect dry cooling and Wet
cooling
- Only
coal fired power station in the country that has predominantly
2-shifted
- Only
station in RSA that has axial FD and ID fans
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