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Get a quoteUnit-level coordinates (WGS 84): This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor. Pretoria West power station is a coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 180 MW. The plant was built in 1952, and is owned by Tshwane Electricity Division.
Pretoria West power station is a mothballed power station in Pretoria, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa. Loading map... Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84): This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor. Pretoria West power station is a coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 180 MW.
The two reactors at Koeberg are (as of 2017) the only commercial nuclear power plants on the African continent, and account for around 5% of South Africa's electricity production. Low and intermediate waste is disposed of at Vaalputs Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in the Northern Cape.
According to reporting from September 2023, the city was spending R300 million a year on staff salaries and maintenance at the mothballed Pretoria West power station and Rooiwal power station.
In early June 2024, a fire broke out in the power station’s switch gear room, causing the roof and part of the room’s walls to collapse. The fire also affected a nearby substation, leading to power outages in Pretoria West.
South Africa produced around 245,000 GWh of electricity in 2021. Most of this electricity is produced using coal and is consumed domestically. In 2022, 12,300 GWh were exported to Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and other countries participating in the Southern African Power Pool.
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