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Medupi Unit 5 reaches commercial operation

28th April 2017

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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State-owned power utility Eskom announced earlier this month that Unit 5 at the Medupi coal-fired power station project, in Limpopo, had reached commercial operation.

“Commercial operation status ensures technical compliance to statutory, safety and legal requirements. This signatory milestone marks the contractual handover of the unit from the primary contractors to Eskom, which means that Medupi Unit 5 is now part of the Eskom generation fleet,” Eskom interim CEO Matshela Koko said in a statement.

Unit 5 achieved successful synchronisation on September 8 and, following further testing and optimising, its full power of 800 MW was attained on December 17, 2016.

Medupi Unit 6 became commercially operational on August 23, 2015.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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