Engineering and environmental consultants SSI (part of the Braamhoek Consultants Joint Venture) is currently overseeing one of Eskom’s major power generation projects. Due for final completion towards the end of 2013, the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme is set to contribute power to the national grid during peak hours, SSI’s senior branding manager, Robin Hayes, tells Laura Cornish.
The Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme is situated in the Little Drakensberg mountain range just outside of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal. The design and construction supervision make it a highly esteemed notch on SSI’s project belt.
Referred to as a ‘peaking power station’, Hayes explains that the power station’s rated generation capacity of the scheme is nominally 1332MW, with an energy storage capacity of 21 000MWh.
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