Medupi Power Station

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The Medupi Power Station is a new dry-cooled coal fired power station being built by Eskom near Lephalale in Limpopo province, South Africa.

When completed, the power station will have six boilers each powering an 800 MW turbine, producing 4800 MW of power.

This will be the largest dry-cooled coal fired power station in the world.

Contracts have been placed with Hitachi to supply the boilers and Alstom to provide the Steam turbines for this plant.

At R33.6 Billion, these are the biggest contracts ever placed by Eskom.

Super-critical boilers will be used to improve the efficiency of the power plant.

Medupi will be supplied by coal from Exxaro's Grootegeluk coal mine, located to the north of the site.

Eskom has placed a contract with Exxaro to supply 14.6 MT coal per year for 40 years.

The first 800 MW unit is expected to be commissioned in early 2012, with the next units following at 9 month intervals.

The power station is currently expected to cost R100 Billion.

The building of the coal power station has attracted widespread criticism in South Africa.