JOHANNESBURG--March 11, 2015--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The long-awaited, 4,800-megawatt Medupi power station began producing electricity last week in South Africa, about seven and a half years after construction began. The coal-fired facility, owned by Eskom (Johannesburg, South Africa), is expected to ramp up to full power in three months.

Within this article: Details of the Medupi power plant project by Eskom.