Kelvin Power Plant is a 600MW coal fired power project. It is located in Gauteng, South Africa. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1957. Buy the profile here.
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Description
Investec and NedBank Capital are currently owning the project.
It is a Steam Turbine power plant that is used for Baseload.
Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase A) consists of 6 steam turbines with 30MW nameplate capacity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1957.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to City Power Johannesburg (Proprietary) under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years.
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Contractors involved
Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B) is equipped with GEC Turbine Generators(Pty) steam turbines. The phase consists of 4 steam turbines, each with 60MW nameplate capacity.
Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B) is equipped with OC Oerlikon steam turbines. The phase consists of 3 steam turbines, each with 60MW nameplate capacity.
GEC Turbine Generators(Pty) supplied electric generator for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
GEC Turbine Generators(Pty) supplied electric generator for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
OC Oerlikon supplied electric generator for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
OC Oerlikon supplied electric generator for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
Mitchell Engineering supplied steam boiler for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
Mitchell Engineering supplied steam boiler for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises supplied steam boiler for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises supplied steam boiler for the Kelvin Power Plant (Kelvin Power Plant Phase B).
Aldwych Kelvin Holdings is the O&M contractor for thermal power project.
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