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Palmiet
Location: South Africa
Operator: Eskom
Configuration: 2 X 203 MW FPT
Operation: 1988
T/G supplier: Voith, Fuji
EPC: Electrowatt
Quick facts: Palmiet is a joint venture between Eskom, which owns the
power station and related facilities, and the Department of Water Affairs
and Forestry (DWAF), which built, owns, and regulates the Palmiet dams.
The power station generally operates on a weekly cycle and is part of an inter-catchment water transfer system that
provides 25mn m³ of water annually to consumers in Cape Town,
approximately 100km away. The lower Kogelberg Dam is on the Palmiet River
and the upper Rockview Dam is between the Palmiet and Steenbras Rivers. A
2km tunnel connects to the powerhouse. Water for Cape Town flows from
the Rockview Dam to the Steenbras Dam through a separate conduit. The plan
is located in the scenic and ecologically sensitive Cape Fynbos Plant
Kingdom, an area given international recognition as the Kogelberg
Biosphere Reserve – the first such reserve in South Africa.
Photograph courtesy of Eskom
Re-posted 25 Jul 2007 |
Rio Grande
Location: Argentina
Operator: Empresa Provincial de Energia de Cordoba
Configuration: 4 X 175 MW FPT
Operation: 1986
T/G supplier: Allis Chalmers, Siemens
EPC: Agua y Energia, Panedile Argentina, Techint
Quick facts: This is the largest pumped-storage power station in Latin
America. The complex includes over 20km of tunnels and a cavern with the
T/G sets located 226m below the upper reservoir surface. Development
started in 1970 when Agua y Energia began technical studies and the
power station was inaugurated on 14 Feb 1986. It was transferred to EPEC
in 2001.
Photograph by Facundo Di Pascuale and courtesy of
EPEC
Posted 7 Feb 2009
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Siah-Bishe
Location: Iran
Operator: Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co
Configuration: 4 X 255 MW FPT
Operation: 2011
T/G supplier: Voith Fuji, Siemens
EPC: Colenco, Poyry Energy, Lahmeyer International, WBI GmbH, Farab,
Tablieh, Hadish Engineering, Kayson Construction
Quick facts: This is Iran's first PSP and has been under development
since 1970, in the Alborz Mountains in Mazandaran province, 125km north
of Tehran. Complementary seismic studies and hazard analyses were
carried out by Moshanir and Electricite de France and civil construction
was started in the mid-1980s, but stopped in 1992 due to lack of hard
currency. Moshanir completed a review of the project in 1999 and
recommended completion; the project was retendered in Mar 2003. The site
is designed to support a 1,000-MW second phase. The two pumped-storage
reservoirs are 2.8km apart and two 2km headrace tunnels will convey
water 500m to the lower reservoir.
Photograph courtesy of Hadish Engineering
Posted 10 Dec 2010 |
