Acacia Power Station

Coordinates: -33,88339, 18,53734
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Category:
Electricity generation

Description

Acacia consists of three 57MW gas turbine engines at an installed capacity of 171MW. Average availability of the station is at 99.09%.


Acacia provides back-up electrical supply to Koeberg Nuclear Power Station as per National Nuclear Regulator licensing requirement.


The station can be operated by remote control from Eskom’s National Control Centre at Simmerpan to provide back-up and black-start capability.

Record history

Date Name Changes
23 janvier 2019 10:02 Paul Hoekman Reference space create from source document