Umbani power station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Umbani power station is a proposed 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Contents
Location
The map below shows Kriel, the approximate location where the plant would be built, at Portions 1 and 9 of the Farm Dorstfontein 71 IS.
Background
ISS Global Mining, an Independent Power Producer (IPP), is proposing construction of a coal-fired power plant on a site near the town of Kriel in the Mpumalanga Province. The project is to be known as the Umbani Power Plant and would have a generating capacity of up to 600 MW. The electricity generated by the project is to be fed into the Eskom grid. A Draft Scoping Report was submitted in April 2014.[1]
The proposed power plant would source coal from the nearby Dorstfontein East Coal Mine and utilize various grades of coal and coal discards.[2]
However, as of May 2017 there has been no further developments on the plant in over three years, and it appears to be shelved or abandoned.
Project Details
- Sponsor: ISS Global Mining
- Parent company:
- Location: Kriel, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga province, South Africa
- Coordinates: -26.255, 29.263 (approximate)
- Status: Cancelled
- Capacity: 600 MW
- Type: Subcritical
- Projected in service:
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source: Dorstfontein East Coal Mine
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Draft EIR: The proposed establishment of the Umbani Coal-Fired Power Plant," ISS Global Mining, Apr 2, 2014
- ↑ Input for Scoping Report, ISS Global Mining, March 2014
