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Government is considering generating hydropower by retrofitting existing water infrastructure.
The Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme, in the Western Cape, is one of the hydropower projects currently being developed in South Africa.
Power,” the Hydropower & Dams World Atlas 2016 states.
“ Meanwhile, NuPlanet, another private small hydro developer, has the 4.5MW Stortemelk plant under construction on the Ash River, in the Free State province. The plant is expected to begin operation later this year( 2016).”
The report also notes that marine energy has been studied and that there is potential for wave power on the south and southwestern coastlines, and for ocean current instream devices along the eastern coast. u
“ The majority of hydropower projects in South Africa will be carried out on a smaller scale, due to the country’ s available water resources.” networking tech news environment industry infrastructure municipalities
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