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South Africa boosts power capacity as new unit linked to grid
7:55 CAT | 28 Dec 2016
Reuters (File photo) / The logo of state power utility Eskom is seen outside Cape Town"s Koeberg nuclear power plant in this picture taken March 20, 2016.
South Africa’s power utility Eskom said on Tuesday the first unit of its Kusile coal-fired power plant has been connected to the grid, as it raises capacity to overcome electricity shortages in Africa’s most industrialised country.
Unit one of the Kusile plant will add 800 megawatts (MW) of power capacity. When fully completed, the plant will have total output of 4,800 MW, making it one of the largest coal-fired plants in the world, Eskom said.
Eskom has been in talks with Anglo American about supplying coal to the plant.
Source: Reuters
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