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- South Africa's Exxaro and GDF SUEZ plan 600 MW coal-fired power plant
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Exxaro Resources and France's GDF SUEZ said on Monday they are planning to develop a 600 megawatt coal-fired plant. The power station will be in the Waterberg region of northern Limpopo province and receive coal from a prospective new opencast mine that will produce up to 3.8 million tonnes a year. The power plant could expand to 1,200 MW, they said.
July 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
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- Patrick Harvie in Telegraph.co.uk
Patrick Harvie, Green party co-leader, said: "The era of new coal-fired power stations is over, and this plant must never be permitted to go ahead. A new coal-fired power station would inevitably mean new opencast coal here in Scotland or dirty coal... - Jane Davidson in ic Wales
Jane Davidson, Minister for Sustainability and Housing, said: "The use of buffer zones, together with the introduction of compulsory health impact assessments for opencast coal applications and closer work with local communities by planners and... - Jock Stirrup in guardian.co.uk
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