Rooiwal Power Station

Rooiwal Power Station
The power station seen from the R101 route
Country	South Africa
Location	Gauteng
Coordinates	25.55501°S 28.23757°E / -25.55501; 28.23757
Status	Not operational since 2012[1]
Construction began	1962; 63 years ago (1962)
Owner	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	5 x 60 MW
Nameplate capacity	300 Megawatt
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Rooiwal Power Station is a 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant near Pretoria in Gauteng, South Africa.

History

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

In 2023, it along with the Pretoria West Power Station were not operational for the past 11 years (despite having a staff of 200 at Rooiwal). R 300 million is spent annually at both power stations for staff and keeping the stations maintained. The City of Tshwane plans to lease out the stations to independent power producers in a 40-year lease.^[1]

References

1. Mitchley, Alex (2023-09-19). "'We have been doing nothing for 10 years': Idle Tshwane power stations cost the City billions". news24. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. Rooiwal Coal Power Station South Africa, Global Energy Observatory, accessed September 2015.
3. "Tshwane Seeks Proposals to Renovate Coal-Fired Power Plants," Bloomberg, 28 April 2015