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This report details the technical requirements and recommended interventions for the life extension of the Hendrina Power Station to 2035. It focuses on the refurbishment and replacement of critical electrical infrastructure—including transformers, motors, cables, and generators—and identifies necessary maintenance for common plant areas and boiler systems to ensure operational reliability.

This report provides a detailed technical and budgetary plan for the life extension of the Hendrina Power Station, specifically focusing on the option to operate the boilers until 2035. It outlines necessary replacements and retrofits for boiler components, draft plants, and turbine systems to ensure reliability, safety, and compliance with emissions legislation.

This document is an excerpt from the Energy Services Consolidated Life-ex Report for the Hendrina Power Station. It details the remedial programmes and investment costs required to manage the station's common plant areas—including coal handling, boiler house, turbine hall, and cooling towers—to ensure operational viability until the planned decommissioning date of 2035.

This report section provides an economic and technical evaluation of life-extension options for the Hendrina Power Station to enable operation until 2035. It details necessary investments in boiler components, turbine plants, electrical systems, and control systems, comparing the costs of refurbishment and replacement against the risks of failure and lost revenue.

This document is a section of the Consolidated Life-ex Report for the Hendrina Power Station, produced by Siemens Energy Services. It details the technical standards applicable to the electrical plant area, identifies specific maintenance failures and safety violations, and outlines the objectives and costs associated with a capacity increase study to extend the station's operational life to 2035.

This report, produced by Siemens and subcontractors Babcock and Steinmuller, evaluates the feasibility and costs of a 10% capacity increase and life extension to 2035 for the Hendrina Power Station. The study identifies critical equipment limitations across boiler, turbine, and electrical plants, recommending extensive replacements of generators, motors, and piping to achieve the uprate.

This report provides a comprehensive life-extension (Life-ex) and capacity increase assessment for the Hendrina Power Station, focusing on the boiler, turbine, electrical, and common plant areas. It evaluates the feasibility of increasing plant capacity by 10% and extending operational life to 2025 or 2035, detailing the current poor condition of various motor fleets and piping systems, and recommending significant upgrades, including a transition to a 'Tower Boiler' design for Units 1-5.

This report section provides a detailed technical assessment of the equipment and infrastructure at Hendrina Power Station, specifically evaluating the feasibility and requirements for a 10% capacity increase. It identifies critical components that would fail under increased load—including generators, MV motors, and various pumps—and recommends extensive replacements, upgrades, and maintenance strategies to enable higher output.

This report section details the technical requirements and cost projections for increasing the capacity of the Hendrina Power Station. It focuses on necessary upgrades to generators, boiler plants (Units 1-5 and 6-10), and auxiliary systems to support higher power output and ensure operational reliability through 2035.

This report section details the technical requirements, budget considerations, and implementation schedules for a capacity increase and life-extension project at the Hendrina Power Station. It focuses on necessary upgrades to the boiler, turbine, and electrical plants to ensure operational reliability and compliance with South African air quality standards.

This technical report excerpt details the requirements for a 10% capacity increase at the Hendrina Power Station. Key recommendations include the modular replacement of economizers, upgrading turbine auxiliaries (condensers, H2 coolers, and air ejectors), and replacing the aging MV motor fleet. The report highlights that while some electrical systems can handle the increase, others require specific interventions to ensure safety and legislative compliance with the Air Quality Act.

This document is the conclusion and appendix of the Hendrina Power Station Energy Services Consolidated Life-ex Report. It evaluates the feasibility and requirements for extending the operational life of the coal-fired power station, comparing the costs and risks of life extension against the construction of new plants.

The document consists of a series of legal and administrative records regarding a land-use change application for Portion 1 of the farm Yzermyn 96 HT in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The application, submitted by Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd, sought to rezone the land from agricultural to 'special' use to allow for mining and related activities. The process involved multiple objections from environmental organizations and landowners, a dismissal by a local planning tribunal based on a lack of locus standi, a subsequent appeal, and a final approval by the Gert Sibande District Municipal Planning Tribunal on 29 April 2019.

This document is the cover and introductory pages of an Integrated Water Use Licence Application Report dated July 2016 for the proposed Thabametsi Power Project, a coal-fired independent power producer (IPP) plant located near Lephalale in the Limpopo Province.

This document is an Integrated Water and Waste Management Plan (IWWMP) from July 2016 for the proposed coal-fired IPP Thabametsi Power Plant project in the Lephalale Local Municipality, Limpopo Province. It details the project's technical specifications, water requirements, and waste management infrastructure.

This briefing from Eskom to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) provides additional information supporting an application to postpone compliance with Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for the Acacia Power Station. Eskom argues that the station's infrequent use as a peaking plant results in negligible impacts on ambient air quality and human health, and proposes decommissioning the facility around 2026.

This document consists of a letter from the South African Department of Water and Sanitation to the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) and a formal petition from ACWA Power Khanyisa Thermal Power Station (RF) (Pty) Ltd. ACWA Power is requesting that the Minister of Water and Sanitation uplift the automatic suspension of its Integrated Water Use Licence (IWUL), which was suspended following an appeal lodged by the CER on behalf of groundWork.

This document consists of a letter from ACWA Power Khanyisa Thermal Power Station (RF) (Pty) Ltd to the Minister of Water and Sanitation, dated 7 November 2018, requesting the upliftment of an automatic suspension of its integrated water use licence (IWUL). The suspension resulted from an appeal by the groundWork Trust, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER). ACWA Power argues that the suspension hinders project development and contradicts its existing environmental authorisation.

This document is an Atmospheric Emissions Licence (AEL) issued by the Fezile Dabi District Municipality to Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd for the Lethabo Power Station. Issued on 1 April 2015 and valid until 31 March 2020, the licence regulates emissions from solid fuel combustion and the storage of petroleum products, specifying minimum emission standards for pollutants and reporting requirements within the Vaal Triangle Airshed Priority Area.

The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Prevention Plan 1 (2017-2020) for African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) outlines the company's strategy for monitoring and mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its ferrous division operations in South Africa, in compliance with the National Air Quality Act of 2004.