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Eskom confirms explosion at Medupi days after station comes onstream, investigations under way
Eskom has confirmed that Medupi Power Station experienced an explosion on the unit 4 generator on Sunday night.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
An explosion has rocked Medupi Power Station in Lephalale less than a week after Eskom announced that the station – the biggest dry-cooled and most expensive power station in the world – had attained commercial operation status.
On Monday morning, Eskom in a statement confirmed that the coal-fired power plant “experienced an explosion on the Unit 4 generator at approximately 22h50 on 8 August. The incident is suspected to have resulted in Unit 5 tripping.”
So the workers at Medupi managed to blow a generator unit up within one week of the station receiving commercial operation status.