Rooiwal Power Station
Rooiwal Power Station is a 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant near Pretoria in Gauteng, South Africa.
Location
A Google map at 25°33′18″S 28°14′15″E / 25.55501°S 28.23757°E shows the location of the plant north of Pretoria, Tshwane Municipality, Gauteng.
Background
Rooiwal Power Station is a five-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 300 MW. The plant was completed between 1962 and 1970, and is owned by Tshwane Electricity Division.[1]
In April 2015 the City of Tshwane said it was seeking proposals to renovate two coal-fired power plants to their original design capacity: Pretoria West Power Station and Rooiwal Power Station. Both are operating considerably below their capacity partly because they have been designed to use anthracite, a grade of coal that is more profitable to export.[2]
Plant Details
- Sponsor: Tshwane Electricity Division
- Parent company: Tshwane Electricity Division
- Location: Pretoria, Tshwane Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
- Coordinates: -25.5550101, 28.2375732 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross capacity: 300 MW (Units 1-5: 60 MW)
- Type: Subcritical
- In service: 1962-70
- Coal type: Anthracite
- Coal source:
- Source of financing:
References
- ^ Rooiwal Coal Power Station South Africa, Global Energy Observatory, accessed September 2015.
- ^ "Tshwane Seeks Proposals to Renovate Coal-Fired Power Plants," Bloomberg, 28 April 2015
