page_title: Kendal Power Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kendal Power Station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Kendal Power Station Dry Cooling Towers Construction 1983
context_page_description: Kendal Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is sited in a coal-mining area; one of its sources is AEMFC's coal mine at Vlakfontein, near Ogies.
context_section_description: Kendal was built between 1982 and 1993. The first unit went online in 1988. Kendal is currently the 22nd largest coal-fired power station in the world and largest power station of any kind in Africa.
caption: Construction of the Kendal Power Station Dry Cooling Towers by Concor Construction, 1983
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