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| Komati Power Station | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Mpumalanga |
| Coordinates | 26°05′24″S29°28′19″E / 26.09000°S 29.47194°E /-26.09000; 29.47194 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Commission date | 1961 |
| Decommission date | 2022 |
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| Owner | Eskom |
| Operator | |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 9[1] |
| Units planned | 5 × 100 MW 4 × 125 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,000Megawatt[1] |
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Komati Power Station, is acoal-fired power plant operated byEskom. Its 300-metre-tall (980 ft) chimney was built in 1979, and is one of the tallest structures in the country. Komati is one of power stations with a common steam range, meaning that its nine boilers jointly feed the nine generators. Other stations areTutuka Power Station andMatimba Power Station.
The first unit was commissioned in 1961 and the last in 1966. In 1988, three units at Komati were mothballed, one was kept in reserve and the other five were only operated during peak hours. In 1990, the complete station was mothballed until 2008 when the unit 9 was the first to be recommissioned underEskom's return-to-service project. The full station was put online in 2011.[1]
It was finally decommissioned on 31 October 2022. The decommissioning was supported by theWorld Bank as part of the Eskom Just Energy Transition Project, alongside a package of international support for decarbonization in South Africa known as theSouth Africa Just Energy Transition Investment Plan.[2]
The station consists of a total of 9 units having five 100MW units on the East (1-5) and four 125MW units on the West (6-9) with a total installed capacity of 1,000MW. TurbineMaximum Continuous Rating is 30.00%.
