Medupi’s second unit powered for first time, generates 796 MW

State-owned power utility Eskom revealed on Tuesday that the second unit of its Medupi coal-fired power station, in Limpopo was loaded to full capacity over the weekend and generated 796 MW of electricity. Eskom interim CE Matshela Koko said that this was Medupi’s most “significant achievement” since its successful synchronisation on September 8 and indicated that Unit 5 was getting closer to reaching commercial operation.   He said that the full load demonstrated the plant’s ability to meet ...