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Lethabo burns coal with a calorific value of 15 - 16 MJ/kg and an ash content of 42%. It is the only power station in the world running on such low grade coal. The Lethabo power station has approximately 1100 employees.
In 2022, South Africa imported 10,800 GWh from the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Station in Mozambique via the 1,920 MW Cahora Bassa (HDVC) Power Transmission System. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Most power stations in South Africa are owned and operated by the state owned enterprise , Eskom .
President Street Power Station, Johannesburg: Gauteng: 1906: 10: Decommissioned (1907) [12] Swartkops Power Station: Eastern Cape: 1954: Decommissioned: Umgeni Power Station: KwaZulu-Natal: 1954 240 Decommissioned (1989)
The power utility has the ability to produce 45,583 megawatts (61,128,000 hp) but could only supply 24,000 megawatts (32,000,000 hp) due to "planned and unplanned" maintenance. One turbine at Eskom's Duvha Power Station is still out of commission due to an "unexplained incident" in March 2014. [63]
Kelvin Power Station is a coal-fired power station, located in Gauteng near OR Tambo International Airport. Kelvin is one of only a few power stations in South Africa not owned by Eskom . Until 2001 the power station was the property of the City of Johannesburg , but it has since been privatised, resold a number of times, and is currently owned ...
Tutuka Power Station: 275 m (902 ft) N/A 1988 Standerton = Smoke Stack Kendal Power Station: 275 m (902 ft) N/A 1991 Kendal = Smoke Stack Matla Power Station: 275 m (902 ft) N/A 1984 Kriel = Smoke stack Lethabo Power Station: 275 m (902 ft) N/A 1985 Lethabo 9 Transmission Tower Hillbrow Tower: 269 m (883 ft) 6 1971 Johannesburg 10 Mast
Lethabo Power Station - Viljoensdrif. South African Reserve Bank , Bloemfontein - Hoffman Square. 29°07′04.87″S 26°13′14.62″E / 29.1180194°S 26.2207278°E / -29.1180194; 26.2207278
Koeberg nuclear power station accounted for 4.5% of the country's electricity production in 2018. [24] It has two pressurized water reactors based on a French design and rated at 0.93 GW net power each (1.86 GW in total). It is the only commercial nuclear powerplant in the African continent.