Hydropower
The L’Ormarins (Franschhoek) project’s construction involved lifting of pipes with helicopters.
the highest efficiency. The higher
the efficiency the lower the cost
to generate power or the more
power you can generate from the
flow available. range, and are very simple to
operate and maintain, even by
the personnel available on the
farm. Also both of these types can
handle a wide range of flow rate. flow – so you need a few pumps in
parallel and the control becomes
very complicated, especially if
you want to connect to the grid to
make use of banking.
For the smaller projects - which are
very common on farms – there are
specifically two types of turbines
preferred and that is the “Cross
Flow” and Pelton turbines. These
turbines cover the total pressure There are a few farmers who
have installed normal centrifugal
pumps, running them in reverse.
This can work but the efficiencies
are about half of the turbines
and this cannot handle variable Potential in Western Cape
The Western Cape is blessed
with very high rainfall in certain
mountain ranges during winter.
All this water must, naturally, flow
down towards the dams in the
valleys. The elevation of this flow
ranges between 200 and 600
metres and this become the ideal
places to develop hydropower for
energy generation. A few farmers
are seeing the possibilities of
making use of these opportunities.
By using hydropower from the
available possibilities, farmers
recognise that they can not only
ready when
you are .
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