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Medupi Power Station is a dry-cooled coal-fired power station built by Eskom near Lephalale in Limpopo province, South Africa. The station consists of 6 generating units with a nameplate capacity of 764 MW each bringing the total installed capacity of 4,584 MW.
Alongside the main JETP, there are two other international agreements to accelerate the retirement of coal power plants in South Africa. The others are: The Eskom Just Energy Transition Project, a $497 million project to support Eskom, South Africa's public utility, to decommission the Komati Power Station. It was funded by the World Bank. [5]
The African Investment Forum has announced that it has raised over $40.1 billion in investment into developing new infrastructure, related to renewable energies. [95] This is aimed to help distance itself from Eskom coal power plants, and to focus more on wind and solar developments.
At the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban, the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP) was introduced to implement the objectives of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010-2030); [6] of which are to diversify the country's energy mix away from fossil-fired power generation like coal and crude oil, add 30 GW to the grid before 2030, [5] take ...
Kusile Power Station (previously known as Project Bravo) in South Africa is a coal-fired power plant by state electricity utility Eskom in Mpumalanga.The station consists of 6 generating units with an eventual nameplate capacity of 800 MW each bringing the total installed capacity of 4,800 MW; as of 2023, only 5 units are in operation.
In 2024, repairs to Eskom's coal-fired power stations resulted in a stable power supply for three consecutive months, reducing solar installations from 97 MW to 26 MW monthly. Imports of photovoltaic cells and modules from China dropped from over $180 million in May 2023 to less than $40 million per month since August 2023.
Around 81% of South Africa's energy needs are directly derived from coal [9] and 81% of all coal consumed domestically goes towards electricity production. [10] Historically this has given South Africa access to cheap electricity, but it is also one of the leading reasons that the country is in the top 20 list of carbon dioxide emitting countries .
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 .