Unit 4 of the Kusile Power Station has been handed over to the Generation division as it enters commercial operation
Kusile is the first power station in South Africa and Africa to use WFGD technology. WFGD is the state-of-the-art technology used to remove oxides of sulphur (SOx), for example, sulphur dioxide (SO2), in the emissions of power plants that burn coal or oil.
Following five months of vigorous testing and optimisation, Unit 4 of the Kusile Power Station Project was earlier this month handed over to the Generation division to formally be part of the Eskom commercial fleet.
“This milestone means the construction of four out of the six generation units has now been completed at the Kusile Power Station project.
The Kusile project team and Eskom are working tirelessly to complete the rest of the project without any further delays as the country needs every megawatt of power it can get,” said Bheki Nxumalo, the Eskom Group Executive for Capital Projects.
The unit has undergone a series of tests while intermittently supplying electricity over the past five months.
Since synchronisation in December 2021, the unit has performed to expectation, intermittently sending up to 720MW and contributing to reducing the implementation of loadshedding.
At completion, the station will consist of six units and will produce a maximum 4 800MW
Construction and commissioning activities on the remaining Kusile Units 5 and 6 continue to progress according to plan.
Eskom is fitting wet flue gas desulphurisation (WFGD) to the Kusile plant as an atmospheric emission abatement technology, in line with current international practise, to ensure compliance with air quality standards, making it more environmentally friendly.
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