Medupi
Medupi Power Station is a dry-cooled coal-fired power station built by Eskom near Lephalale in Limpopo province, South Africa. The station consists of 6 generating units with a nameplate capacity of 764 MW each, bringing the total installed capacity of 4,584 MW.
- Type: Power station
- Description: power plant in South Africa
- Also known as: “Medupi kraftverk”, “Medupi Kragstasie”, and “Medupi Power Station”
Medupi
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Lephalale Local Municipality, Waterberg, Limpopo, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-23.70481° or 23° 42′ 17″ south
Longitude
27.55891° or 27° 33′ 32″ east
Elevation
909 metres (2,982 feet)
Established
2015
Operator
Open location code
5G897HW5+3H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Medupi” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Medupi Kragsentrale”
- Afrikaans: “Medupi-kragstasie”
- Bulgarian: “ТЕЦ Медупи”
- French: “centrale thermique de Medupi”
- French: “Centrale thermique de Medupi”
- German: “Medupi Power Station”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Medupi kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Medupi kullkraftverk”
- Polish: “Elektrownia Medupi”
- Swedish: “Medupi Power Station”
- Ukrainian: “ТЕС Медупі”
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Places to explore: Onverwacht and Lephalale.
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Places to explore: M&R and Unit 2.
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