Kendal Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is currently one of the largest coal-fired power station in the world.
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History
Constructed by Eskom, the largest producer of electricity in Africa, Construction of Kendal began in July 1982 with its last unit coming into operation in 1993. Kendal is currently the largest coal-fired power station in the world and holds several Eskom performance records.
General
Kendal has an indirect dry-cooling system, which means that it uses significantly less water in its cooling processes than the conventional wet cooled power stations.
Location
Approximately 40km southwest of Witbank in Mpumalanga.
Designer
The head engineers and project managers on the Kendal project were Steve MacPhadon, Zvi Olsha, and Roy Gomes, the youngest executive in the company.
Technical details
- 6 x 686 MW units
- Installed capacity: 4116 MW
- 2001 capacity: 3840 MW
- Design efficiency at rated turbine MCR (%): 35.30%
- Ramp rate: 16.67% per hour
- Average availability over last 3 years: 93.69%
- Average production over last 3 years: 24691 GWh
