Kusile Power Station Project. Kusile - the dawn has come

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1 Kusile Power Station Project Kusile - the dawn has come

2 Eskom s Life-Saving Rules Eskom has compulsory safety rules, known as Life-Saving Rules. In the interests of your safety, adherence to these rules is non-negotiable. Welcome to the Kusile Power Station Project As a visitor to Kusile, we hope that you will find the time you spend with us enjoyable and exciting. Our most important priorities for your time at this site are safety, health awareness and environmental responsibility. The safety and well-being of our fellow workers and visitors are paramount. We strive to achieve nothing less than Zero Harm, so that everyone who visits Kusile returns home safely. Kusile is a world-class project, and we are determined to maintain a world-class level of safety at all times. We therefore urge you to comply with all the Kusile safety, health and environmental regulations during your visit. Amenities on site Drinking water is available on site. Please drink only the water in the containers that are marked as safe drinking water. Eskom is a smoke-free organisation. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas. There are bathroom facilities on site. Please ask the host for assistance. Canteen services are available on site. For further information, please contact the Safety, Health, and Environment Department (tel.: ). If you do not comply with these rules while on site, you will be asked to leave Kusile immediately and possibly be refused admission in future. Life-Saving Rules: Open, isolate, test, earth, bond, and/or insulate before touch Any person who performs work on an electrical installation shall ensure that it is isolated, tested, and earthed before any work commences. Hook up at heights Any person who performs work higher than 2 metres above ground shall, at all times, be attached to an anchor point as identified during the risk assessment. Buckle up No person may drive a vehicle on Eskom business or drive on any Eskom premises, unless the driver and all passengers are wearing seat belts. Be sober No person may be under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs while on the Kusile premises. Permit to work Where an authorisation limitation exists, no person shall work without the required permit to work. Eskom takes a ZERO TOLERANCE stance to any violation of these rules, which apply to all persons entering the site. No reversing without a spotter/flagman

3 General rules Access throughout Kusile is strictly controlled by security staff. They are also responsible for ensuring adherence to the general rules with which all site visitors must comply at all times: On arrival at Kusile, please report to the site security office, where your host will personally sign you in. Once the whole security process has been completed, you will receive a visitor s badge, which must displayed on your person for the duration of the time you spend at the site. This badge has to be returned when you exit the site. Alcohol testing and vehicle inspection will be conducted at the security office before you enter the site. Alcohol, drugs, firearms, ammunition and explosives are strictly prohibited. Please ensure that you do not have any of these items in your vehicle or on your person. Visitors must always be under the close supervision of their host throughout the on-site visit. The host will provide visitors with personal protective equipment (PPE), which is a requirement when walking through the site. The PPE includes a reflective vest, hard hat, safety glasses and safety boots. These must be returned at the end of your visit. Please keep in mind that certain areas are restricted owing to the hazardous nature of the work being carried out. Please heed all warning signs, and do not enter any restricted areas. Medical Centre The core purpose of the Kusile Medical Centre is to render an occupational health service, such as conducting medical examinations (pre-employment, periodical, transfer and exit) and attending to occupational injuries and diseases. The Medical Centre also offers the following services: Primary health care treatment of minor ailments. Health and wellness HIV/Aids (VCT) counselling, chronic disease management, etc. Emergency services these services are outsourced to ER24, whose staff members attend to all medical emergencies on site 24 hours a day. Please call the following numbers for assistance: Medical Centre reception: In case of an emergency: Emergency contact number In the event of any accident or emergency, please call the emergency number immediately: Respond instantly to any alarms or sirens. Your host will advise you where the nearest assembly point is located. Then you must follow the instructions issued by the Evacuation Wardens.

4 Kusile Power Station Construction of Eskom s new Kusile Power Station, near Emalahleni in Mpumalanga, is currently under way. It is South Africa s largest multibillion-rand construction project and, when completed, will be the fourth-largest coal-fired plant in the world. Kusile is an isindebele and siswati word, meaning the dawn has come, an appropriate name for a power station of such magnitude and cutting-edge technology. When completed, Kusile will comprise six units, each producing approximately 800 MW of installed capacity, giving a total output of MW. Kusile is also the first power station on the African continent to use wet flue-gas desulphurisation (WFGD) technology. WFGD is the current state-of-the-art technology that is used to remove oxides of sulphur (SOX), for example, sulphur dioxide (S02), from the exhaust flue gas in power plants that burn fossil fuels such as coal or gas. Eskom is fitting WFGD at the Kusile plant as an atmospheric emission abatement technology, in line with current international practice, so as to ensure compliance with air quality standards. This makes the plant far more environmentally friendly than plants with older technology, especially since the power station is situated in a priority air shed. Kusile is the first of the Generation fleet to install and operate this technology. On 10 March 2017, the Kusile Power Station Project reached another major milestone, following the initial synchronisation of Kusile Unit 1 on 26 December Synchronisation initiates a sequence of testing activities, leading to a commercial operation level that begins with post-synchronisation testing. This is followed by the combustion optimisation process to support the initial full load. Kusile Unit 1 is in the final stages of the combustion optimisation phase. Achieving full load means running the unit at the full design and operating capacity. For Kusile Unit 1, the full load-generating capacity is 800 MW. Kusile Unit 1 going full load is just one more step closer to the ultimate goal of full commercial operation. While Kusile Unit 1 is moving towards going into full load operation, the construction and commissioning activities on the remaining Kusile units, Unit 2 to Unit 6, continue to progress uninterruptedly as a result of the drive for early completion.

5 It is South Africa s largest multibillion-rand construction project. Kusile is a coal-fired power station close to the Kendal Power Station in the Emalahleni Municipal Area of Mpumalanga. Kusile creates direct jobs and indirect jobs. Kusile Power Station The total value of the project is R161 billion, with a local impact of more than R10 billion of investment in adjoining communities. Kusile will directly grow South Africa s GDP by approximately 0,35% per year (~R14 billion) The power station will consist of six units, each producing approximately 800 MW of installed capacity, giving a total of MW Approximately meals are provided weekly. Caring for people A workforce of ± people is transported by bus to site. Potable water is made available at easily accessible points all around the project work space. Five dining halls are provided, where workers can eat in comfort. Accommodation is provided to over employees. A safety culture exists, which ensures that everybody gets to and from work safely. HIV screening and counselling, chronic disease management, primary health care, and emergency services are provided. Easily accessible hygiene facilities are made available close to the workspace.

6 Project site demographics There are Contractors employees Impact on surrounding communities 8% are non-south African 48% from the rest of Africa 40% from the Nkangala District and Mpumalanga 4% from the rest of Mpumalanga Unskilled Semi-skilled Skilled Supervisory employees Details of local procurement 10 black-youth-owned businesses R263 million invested 171 black-woman-owned businesses R3 009 billion invested 230 small black enterprises R1 638 billion invested 345 other businesses R1 975 billion invested 140 large black suppliers R2 322 billion invested

7 Kusile Power Station Project Skills development 2008 to date: youths underwent engineering, technician, artisan and semi-skilled training programmes. Task team re-establishment to ensure skills transfer between expatriates and local workforce Target of youth to be trained by the end of this project: Continued upskilling of unskilled and semi-skilled workers to approximately local workforce 130 students were brought to Kusile and Generation from Hydra-Arc in bursaries awarded to Mpumalanga students CSI projects We have renovated or supported 122 schools. We have touched 25 communities. We have built 22 houses for families. We have assisted 35 NGOs and CBOs with infrastructure, equipment, furniture and materials. Our school projects have benefited learners.

8 Summary of other CSI projects 2008: - Relocation of families R19 million : - Mmagobama Primary School R1 million - Phola Police Station over R5.5 million - FC Dumat Clinic Relocation over R1 million - Sibukosethu Primary School over R10 million - Water tank at Witbank - Provincial Hospital over R4 million 2015: - New Wilge School over R34 million - Thushanang Primary School over R Phakama Primary School over R : - Donations of school uniforms to schools in Nkangala District over R Donations of laptops R Construction of houses for child-headed families over R1 million - Siyathokoza Primary School over R Maloma Primary School over R1 million - Phakama Primary School over R Witbank Provincial Hospital over R