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Eskom Capacity Expansion Roman Crookes, 2 December 2008 Medupi Project Manager
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Medupi Power Station will have a significant impact on SA Inc. – Funding required: R78 bn (local & offshore) – Capacity as % of Eskom’s installed base:11% (4,800 MW) – Will be the 22 nd largest power plant, 4 th largest coal plant in the world – Direct construction employment:8,000 (at peak) – Current construction employment:2,000 (Sept ‘08) – Indirect employment:~1,500 – Ongoing direct employment:750 – People directly impacted by Medupi~80,000 ……plus keeping the lights on for all of South Africa!
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Medupi Power Station’s potential impact on SA Inc. - supporting infrastructure MEDUPI National Infrastructure Main components (expanded on following pages) Roads Freight forwarding Ongoing roads maintenance Richards Bay to Lephalale road Lephalale bypass R1bn, 500 jobs R50-100m Richards Bay facility R90m, 150 jobs Hotels Local transport Local business Catering and workforce supply Vehicle maintenance Hotels to expand 100%-150% 30-35 buses at peak Increased taxis ~100 jobs Food, laundry, maintenance, security supplied to workforce R1bn, 500 jobs 500+ extra vehicles maintained locally 20 jobs Skills (current & legacy) Artisans Engineers Semi-skilled Unskilled R&D Proj Mgt, Admin Transmission Lines Substations 2500 km lines built ~R5bn 2200 jobs 1 large substations Upgrade to 1 other substation ~R1bn 450 jobs Gypsum Coal, Water, Limestone Waste (Ash, Gypsum, General) Ash General Coal Limestone Water 300kt/yr R60m / yr 15Mt / yr ~R1.8bn / yr 2000 jobs for mine expansion Needs 14Mm 3 /yr vs current allocation of 2.9Mm 3 /yr. Crocodile River diversion R50m / yr 3Mt / yr 20 jobs Potential to sell to cement manufacturers Low environmental impact Setting up local waste dump Up to 50 jobs R100m ALL NUMBERS ARE DRAFT Trains 38 wagon train per day for limestone 12 tank carriers per year of oil Maintenance of rail lines 50 jobs Local Infrastructure Housing Water Sanitation Social facilities 1850 houses (320 being purchased and 900 being built) R2.0bn Sewerage plant upgrade R50m 2x schools, increased policing, recruitment centre, fire, social club, ICT centre R50m planned spend Benefit from Crocodile River diversion Training to upskill local workforce (eg MPS-JV local training facility targeting 3000 in multiple skills categories) Training to reskill/upskill Eskom employees with on-the-job training for 500 people Ongoing operations and maintenance Plant permanent T&D Funding R78bn funding required from multiple sources: Government Local banks Foreign banks All numbers are estimates
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Sod Turning – 14 August 2007
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Eskom CFL roll out
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Objectives of CFL roll out Door to door exchange of 4.2 million energy saving CFL’s for incandescent bulbs to reach a saving of approx 130MW Areas covered include: Polokwane, Molemole, Greater Tzaneen, and Greater Letaba, Thulamela, Makhado, Mogalakwena, Aganang, Lepele-Nkumpi, Fetakgomo, Makhuduthamaga
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Strategy to roll out CFL’s Inform residents that CFL's will be distributed FREE OF CHARGE to their households Communicate the rollout plan as well the requirements to participate Market the advantages of CFL’s to improve acceptance rate Encourage residents to allow installation contractors to enter their homes in order to exchange Alert residents to security and identity aspects of roll out Stress participation is voluntary. Support ESCos(energy services companies), pre, during and after areas have been targeted.
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