At the heart of an electricity utility such as Eskom is the responsibility for supplying the electricity on which modern society depends.
Eskom’s power stations operate 365 days a year
The Kusile power station project, which is located near the existing Kendal power station, in the Nkangala district of Mpumalanga, will comprise six units, each rated at an 800 MW installed capacity for a total capacity of 4 800 MW. Once completed, Kusile will be the fourth-largest coal-fired power station in the world.
The Kusile project will include a power station precinct, power station buildings, administrative buildings (control buildings and buildings for medical and security purposes), roads and a high-voltage yard.
Technical detail:
Contact details:
Tel: (017) 612-9111
Where is Matla:
Approximately 30km from Secunda in Mpumalanga
General: Tutuka consists of six 609MW units at an installed capacity of 3 654MW.
Approximately 850 employees and over a 100 trainees are employed. Tutuka’s first unit went commercial on 1 June 1985 and the last unit on 4 June 1990. Tutuka is an important link in the 765kV extra-high-voltage transmission system linking Mpumalanga with the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Technical details:
Contact details: Tel: (017) 749-9111
Where is Tutuka: Between Standerton and Bethal, approximately 25 km from Standerton in Mpumalanga.