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The Steenbras Power Station and the scheme's lower reservoir are situated on the lower slopes of the mountain at an altitude of approximately 100 metres, close to the town of Gordon's Bay and 50 kilometres (30 mi) to the south-east of central Cape Town. A series of tunnels connects the upper reservoir to the power station.
The Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme consists of two 200 megawatts (270,000 hp) turbine units located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream of the Kogelberg Dam on the Palmiet River near Cape Town, South Africa. [2] The pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant is capable of responding to a surge in peak power demand in minutes. [3]
Around Cape Town, Western Cape: Breede Water Management Area: 1 039: 18: Breede River, Riviersonderend River, Sout River, Bot River and Palmiet River: Around Cape Aghulas, Western Cape: Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management Area: 814: 3: Crocodile River and Marico River: Mostly North West: Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area: 726: 15
The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a multi-year period in 2015–2020 of water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 percent of total dam ...
It is owned by the City of Cape Town and serves principally to supply water to that city. The dam wall is 28 metres (92 ft) high and 412 metres (1,352 ft) long; it impounds a reservoir of 36,133 megalitres (1,276.0 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) over a surface area of 380 hectares (940 acres) when full.
This is a list of suburbs in the City of Cape Town, South Africa, which includes the city of Cape Town, as well as its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. [1] Each section on this page separates a specific region of Cape Town, in alphabetical order. Within each region, there is a table, with its respective suburbs listed in alphabetical order.
South African Reserve Bank, Cape Town - 25 Burg Street. PetroSA GTL Refinery - Mossel Bay . 34°10′03.41″S 22°59′12.80″E / 34.1676139°S 22.9868889°E / -34.1676139; 22.9868889 Single point mooring buoy Voorbaai - Mossel Bay .
[citation needed] Athlone Power Station in the city was too small to provide Cape Town's needs, and the Paarden Island power station (also too small) has been demolished. Koeberg was one of the first nuclear power stations designed to be resistant to earthquakes. The reactors at the Koeberg nuclear power station are built on an aseismic raft ...