Rooiwal Power Station

Rooiwal Power Station is a 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant near Pretoria in Gauteng, South Africa.

The power station seen from the R101 route

Location

A Google map at 25.55501°S 28.23757°E / -25.55501; 28.23757 shows the location of the plant north of Pretoria, in the Mont Lorraine area of 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: coal
  • Source of financing:

References
  1. Rooiwal Coal Power Station South Africa, Global Energy Observatory, accessed September 2015.
  2. "Tshwane Seeks Proposals to Renovate Coal-Fired Power Plants," Bloomberg, 28 April 2015
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