ZIMBABWE Base load stations

1 Arnot 2 352 MW 7 Lethabo 3 708 MW

Musina 2 Duvha 3 600 MW 8 Majuba 4 110 MW
3 Hendrina 2 000 MW 9 Matimba 3 990 MW
4 Kendal 4 116 MW Coal 10 Matla 3 600 MW
Eskom power stations 6 Kriel
Nuclear
3 000 MW 11 Tutuka 3 654 MW

LIMPOPO
MOZAMBIQUE 5 Koeberg 1 940 MW
9
24
Legend Lephalale Tzaneen Return-to-service stations
Coal-fired (Operating) Polokwane Coal 12 Camden 1 510 MW
Phalaborwa
13 Grootvlei 1 200 MW
Coal-fired ( RTS ) 14 Komati 940 MW
Thabazimbi
Coal-fired (New build) The return-to-service ( RTS ) stations were mothballed in 1990 and are
BOTSWANA Bela Bela in the process of being recommisioned due to the growing demand for
electricity. The return-to-service project for Camden power station
Nuclear ended on 31 March 2010 with the entire station fully commercial.

Hydro-electric
MPUMALANGA
Nelspruit
Pretoria
Peak demand stations
Pumped storage scheme 1
Witbank Hydro-electric 15 Gariep 360 MW
Johannesburg 2 3
Gas turbine 4 16 Vanderkloof 240 MW
26
GAUTENG 14
6 Ermelo SWAZI
National grid NORTH WEST Vereeniging 10
LAND Pumped storage scheme 17 Drakensberg 1 000 MW
13 12
Wind Facility 7 Standerton 18 Palmiet 400 MW
11 8
Concentrating Solar Power ( CSP )
Volksrust
Gas turbine 19 Acacia 171 MW
Hydro-electric (Distribution)
20 Port Rex 171 MW
Newcastle
21 Ankerlig 1 338 MW
Welkom 22 Gourikwa 746 MW
NAMIBIA 25 The peaking stations can generate electricity within a few minutes of
start-up, making them ideally suited to supply power during peak
17 periods. They also assist in regulating the system voltage and frequency
Oranjemund Ladysmith to ensure stability of the national transmission network.
Bergville Richards Bay
Upington FREE STATE
Renewable energy
28
Bloemfontein Wind Facility
Kenhardt
23 Klipheuwel Wind Facility 3 MW
LESOTHO Pietermaritzburg
NORTHERN CAPE
Durban
New build
Kleinsee Springbok 16 KWAZULU-
Coal 24 Medupi 4 788 MW
15
NATAL 26 Kusile 4 800 MW
De Aar Port Shepstone
Pumped storage scheme
25 Ingula 1 332 MW

Mthatha
Wind Facility 27 Sere Wind Facility 100 MW
27 Vredendal EASTERN CAPE
29
30
Beaufort West 32 Solar 28 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) 100 MW
31

Distribution
Saldanha 21 20 Hydro-electric 29 First Falls 6 MW
23
East London 30 Second Falls 11 MW
5 WESTERN CAPE 31 Colley Wobbles 42 MW
19 32 Ncora 2 MW
These hydro-electric power stations fall within the Distribution
George Division in the Eastern Cape operating unit and are used to stabilise the
Cape Town Port Elizabeth
Grabouw 22 distribution network in that area.
18
Mossel Bay

Cape Agulhas

Issued by: Generation Communication Department February 2013