The construction of Eskom's Kusile power station (pictured) has been marred by cost and time overruns with most units down and out of service. “That’s the vicinity it’s in,’ said Brian Dames, CEO of Eskom, of the mine’s projected R16bn to R20bn capital spend forecast. Kusile power station. Coal supply. Coal for the Medupi project will be supplied to Eskom by Exxaro, the country’s biggest supplier of coal. “There will be no delay of coal supply to Kusile Power Station,” Eskom said. Anglo Coal’s subsidiary, Anglo Inyosi Coal, will supply the necessary fuel to the Kusile power plant. Shortly afterwards it was revealed that the first unit of Kusile could only supply power in 2017. The Kusile coal fired power plant project is located in the province of Mpumalanga, in South Africa, initiated by Eskom, the state electricity company. Anglo began to exit assets including coal mines that supply the South African utility in 2016. This supply will consist of 14.6 million tonnes of thermal coal … ... Eskom has more than 50 days of supply of coal … The "tied" mines which supply coal to Eskom’s 15 large power stations are no longer delivering enough feedstock to cover demand. “There will be no delay of coal supply to Kusile Power Station,” Eskom said. Eskom is set to issue a request for proposals to supply coal to the Kusile power station, but some doubt the power station’s viability. ... Kusile is situated at the edge of a huge coal … 03 February 2017 - 05:51 Charlotte Mathews. The proposed mine and the power station are located in Mpumalanga province. [3] Construction timeline In 2008, a contract that involved the supply of generation transformers was awarded to Siemens. Coal reserves are estimated at 53 billion tonnes. READ: Eskom: We made mistakes at Medupi and Kusile. The Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Kusile coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa. A final supply agreement will only be signed when Anglo Inyosi Coal is in control of black shareholders. Associated air-cooled condensers and turbine island auxiliary equipment along with six feedwater heating plants will also be installed in the plant. The framework simply means that Kusile will obtain coal from New Largo. BL PREMIUM . New Largo will supply thermal coal to the R118.5bn Kusile power station for 40 to 50 years. [2] Eskom’s consultants estimate that 35 new coal mines will be required to support the Medupi and Kusile plants. At the current production rate there are almost 200 years of coal supply. The power utility, Eskom stated that it "will obtain most of the coal required for this Power Station from Anglo Coal's New Largo operations, south east of the Kusile Power Station." New Largo Coal intends to develop the New Largo Mining right into a large scale, long life coal mine in order to supply ~12 Mtpa coal to Eskom’s Kusile Power Station over a 50-year period. Anglo began to exit assets including coal mines that supply the South African utility in 2016. With 4800 megawatt, it will be one of the largest power plants of its kind in the world and one of the largest industrial point sources of greenhouse gas Eleven years after construction started on Eskom’s massive 4800 MW Kusile coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, not one of …