Английская Википедия:Driekloof Dam
Driekloof Dam is a small section of the Sterkfontein Dam, Free State, South Africa. A section of the Sterkfontein Dam reservoir is isolated after the construction of Driekloof Dam, this small reservoir has a capacity of Шаблон:Convert.,[1] together with the Kilburn Dam almost Шаблон:Convert lower, Driekloof forms part of Eskom's Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme and Tugela-Vaal Water Project, and provides for up to Шаблон:Convert of electricity storage in the form of Шаблон:Convert of water. The water is pumped to Driekloof during times of low national power consumption (generally over weekends) and released back into Kilburn through four Шаблон:Convert turbine generators in times of high electricity demand.[2]
The scheme is operated in such a way that there is a net pumping of up to Шаблон:Convert/annum depending upon the water availability in the Tugela catchment (Woodstock Dam) as well as the need for augmentation in the Vaal Dam catchment.
The Driekloof Dam was commissioned in 1979, has a capacity of Шаблон:Convert, and a surface area of Шаблон:Convert, the Dam wall is Шаблон:Convert high.
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- Dams completed in 1979
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1979
- Dams in South Africa
- Hydroelectric power stations in South Africa
- 20th-century architecture in South Africa
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