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    The two new coal-fired power stations, Kusile and Medupi, will use technology to reduce emissions. Both stations will have fabric filter plants to reduce ash emissions and low NOx burners to reduce NOx emissions by 40%. A flue gas desulphurization plant will also be installed at Kusile and retrofitted at Medupi to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by 90%. These pollution controls will significantly reduce the environmental impact of generating electricity from coal.

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    The two new coal-fired power stations, Kusile and Medupi, will use technology to reduce emissions. Both stations will have fabric filter plants to reduce ash emissions and low NOx burners to reduce NOx emissions by 40%. A flue gas desulphurization plant will also be installed at Kusile and retrofitted at Medupi to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by 90%. These pollution controls will significantly reduce the environmental impact of generating electricity from coal.

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    The two new coal-fired power stations, Kusile and Medupi, will use technology to reduce emissions. Both stations will have fabric filter plants to reduce ash emissions and low NOx burners to reduce NOx emissions by 40%. A flue gas desulphurization plant will also be installed at Kusile and retrofitted at Medupi to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by 90%. These pollution controls will significantly reduce the environmental impact of generating electricity from coal.

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    Kusile and Medupi

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    Kusile and Medupi coal-fired power

    stations under construction


    Medupi and Kusile have been recommended to the Both Medupi and Kusile
    certification board for certification to the ISO 14001 will have fabric filter
    Environmental Management System standard. plants to reduce ash
    emissions, and low
    With 93% of Eskom’s electricity generated from coal-fired stations, NOx burners which
    this already implies a major environmental footprint. This also control the temperature
    means an impact on water – a critical issue for South Africa where of combustion and so
    water scarcity is an important matter. For this reason the new reduce NOx emissions by
    Medupi and Kusile power stations will use dry cooling technology. around 40%.

    Both Medupi and Kusile are similar super-critical coal-fired power A flue gas desulphurisation plant, which reduces sulphur dioxide
    stations, which means are more efficient than our current fleet emissions by at least 90% by reacting it with a limestone
    of coal fired power stations resulting in being able to produce sorbent, will be installed at Kusile and later retrofitted at Medupi.
    more electricity with less coal, water These constitute substantial investments into air pollution control
    and therefore producing less technology, and demonstrate Eskom’s commitment to continually
    emissions per unit of electricity improving environmental performance.
    generated.

    COP17 fact sheet Kusile and Medupi


    Kusile power station

    • Technology: Coal, dry cooling, flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD)


    to remove sulphur dioxide emissions and carbon capture and
    storage ready (CC&S)
    • Bag filters to remove particulate emissions
    • Output: 4 800MW (6 x 800MW units)
    • Location: Emalahleni
    • Completion date: 2018

    Kusile Power Station Project is a project that encompasses the


    construction, commissioning and operation of a new coal-fired
    power station and its associated infrastructure next to the existing
    Kendal Power Station in the Witbank area of the Mpumalanga
    Province. The project is managed by a team of highly skilled
    professionals with a World Class safety management team
    producing top performance.

    (Kusile - The dawn has come) Kusile is a Ndebele and Siswati word
    meaning “goodning”. Kusile is the second most advanced coal-
    fired power plant project in Eskom after Medupi power station
    in Lephalale where construction commenced in 2007. As a rule, a
    coal-fired power station takes about eight years to build.

    The station will consist of (6 X 800 MW) installed capacity.


    The first unit is planned for commercial operation in June 2013.
    Thereafter, the other units will be commissioned at nine-month
    intervals, with the last unit expected to be in commercial operation
    by 2017.

    The Kusile Power Station will be the first Eskom project to


    implement Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) on the entire site.
    Each supercritical boiler will be about 115 meters high. Each air
    cooled condenser (ACC) will be constructed on and support
    by twenty 50 meter high columns. Each chimney will be about
    220 meters high and contain three flues.

    COP17 fact sheet Kusile and Medupi 2


    Medupi power station

    • Technology: Coal, dry cooling, flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD)


    to remove sulphur dioxide emissions
    • Bag filters to remove particulate emissions
    • Output: 4 764MW (6 x 794MW units)
    • Location: Lephalale
    • Completion date: First unit in 2012 and completion in 2015,
    commissioning of FGD plant planned for 2018

    Medupi is a greenfield coal-fired power station located West of in South Africa after Kendal, Majuba and Matimba. The power
    Lephalale, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The name Medupi is station is the world’s largest dry cooled coal-fired power station
    a Sepedi word which means rain that soaks parched lands, giving in the world.
    economic relief?.
    This power station has a baobab tree that happens to be the
    Medupi is made up of 6 X 800MW units with a total capacity of beacon of the project.This tree has been pruned into a three stem
    4 800MW. This baseload power station is the first in Eskom to unit and transplanted at what will be the main entrance to the
    have super critical boiler and turbine technology designed to power station.
    operate at higher temperatures and pressures. Medupi utilises
    direct dry cooling technology designed to operate in areas with The commissioning of the first unit is scheduled in 2012. The
    severe shortage of water. remaining units will be commissioned at eight-month intervals,
    having the final unit commissioned by 2015
    Medupi Power Station has a 50 year design lifespan. This is the
    4th largest coal-fired and the 22nd largest power plant in the Kusile and Medupi will be the third and fourth largest coal-fired
    world. It is the 4th dry cooled baseload station built in 20 years power plants in the world, respectively.

    COP17 fact sheet Kusile and Medupi 2

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