In addition to coal, the Majuba Power Station is fired by syngas produced by underground coal gasification at the nearby Majuba demonstration facility on the Majuba coalfield. Eskom Learnership x20 Position: Learner Plant Operators X20 Position/Task Grade: TEL Department: Operating Training Business Unit: Majuba Power Station Location: Mpumalanga Reference Number: 49923409BM/329-678563 Closing Date: 16 March 2012 Majuba Power Station is offering Learner Plant Operators opportunities within FAMJ - Majuba Power Station Located in Majuba Power Station, MP, SOUTH AFRICA ICAO - FAMJ Position: Learner Plant Operators X20 Position/Task Grade: TEL Department: Operating Training Business Unit: Majuba Power Station Location: Mpumalanga Reference Number: 49923409BM/329-678563. However, based on forecasts of electricity demand growth, Majuba power station had to gear up from a burn rate of 2.2 Mtpa in early 2000 to a required capacity of 14 Mtpa by 2010. Majuba is Eskom's only power station that is not linked to a specific mine and it receives its coal from various sources. Pending the success of the pilot program, gas production will be scaled up to eventually provide 30% of the plant's fuel. The pilot plant will provide for an initial generating capacity of approximately 6 MWe, which is sufficient to co fire a single burner at Majuba power station. 2015 est. South Africa produces around 229,200 gigawatt-hours (825,000 TJ) electricity annually. Majuba Power Station Airport (FAMJ) located in Amerspoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The 4,110MW Majuba coal-fired plant near Amersfoort in South Africa is being upgraded with new safety and monitoring equipment. Closing Date & Time Summary Published Date Description Modified Date Office Location Document(s) View {{i.CLOSING_DATE | date:'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'}} However, based on forecasts of electricity demand growth, Majuba Power Station had to gear up from a burn rate of 2.2Mtpa in early 2000 to a required capacity of 14Mtpa by 2010. Eskom Majuba Power Station is offering Learnership x20 for 2020 Plant Operators opportunities within the Operating Training Department. In addition to coal, the Majuba Power Station is fired by syngas produced by underground coal gasification at the nearby Majuba demonstration facility on the Majuba coalfield. The power station was built and is run by PTM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eskom, which is the largest producer of coal-fired electricity in the world with 40,000MW of capacity. Most of this electricity is consumed domestically, but around 12,000 gigawatt-hours are annually exported to Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and other Southern African Development Community countries participating in the Southern African Power Pool. Majuba Power Station between Volksrust and Amersfoort in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is a coal-fired power plant operated by Eskom. Construction started in September 1983 and by April 1996 the first unit was connected to the grid.