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Kriel Power Station
Kriel Power Station
	Location of Kriel Power Station in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Location	Mpumalanga
Coordinates	26°15′15″S 29°10′46″E / 26.25417°S 29.17944°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1979;
Owner	Eskom
Operator	Eskom;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Turbine technology	Steam turbine;
Power generation
Units operational	6
Units planned	6 × 500 MW
Nameplate capacity	3,000 Megawatt
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Kriel Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is a coal-fired power plant operated by Eskom. It is located about 4 km from Matla Power Station just outside the town of Kriel (Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga).

In contrast with most other Eskom power stations, the turbine generators at Kriel are each housed in a separate building rather than the more common single turbine hall.

When Kriel was completed in 1979 it was the largest coal-fired power station in the Southern Hemisphere. It was also one of the first stations to be supplied with coal from a fully mechanised coal mine.

History

On 25 July 2022, the entire power station tripped. Eskom said the first fault caused units 1, 2 and 3 of the power station to trip, while the second fault tripped units 4 and 5. Unit 6 was already offline.^[2]^[3]