Name and Location
KiPower coal-fired power plant, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Client
KiPower is a subsidiary of Kuyasa Mining, which also owns Delmas Coal and iKhwezi Colliery.

Project Description
The project proposes to establish a new 600 MW mine-mouth coal-fired power station, comprising four 150 MW units consisting of a single subcritical drum-type, reheat circulating fluidised-bed boiler.

Delmas Coal will provide the coal to fuel the power plant.

Associated with the power plant will also be an ash disposal facility, located near the plant. Included in the proposed project is a water supply pipeline, which will run from the existing Rand Water bulk supply line to the power plant. The plant will use air-cooled condensers and, therefore, have significantly lower volumes of water than an equivalent power plant with a wet cooling system.

A dry ash management system will also be used. To meet required emissions standards, the existing rail that runs along the western boundary of Delmas Coal will supply limestone or dolomite to the plant. A new rail spur will be added for unloading the limestone/dolomite onto an overland conveyor, which will be used to deliver the limestone/dolomite to the plant.

There will be a short conveyor from Delmas Coal’s North shaft processing plant to the power plant and an ash conveyor from the power plant to the ash disposal facility.

Value
Capital investment is estimated at $1.7-billion.

Duration
A timeframe has not been disclosed.

Latest Developments
The Department of Environmental Affairs has approved the final scoping report and plan of study for the environmental-impact assessment of the proposed KiPower power station.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Black & Veatch (prefeasibility study).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Kuyasa Mining, tel +27 13 656 36 59 or fax +27 13 690 35 45.
Black & Veatch, tel +1 913 458 2000 or email Corporateinfo@bv.com.