Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme
The Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme consists of two 200 megawatts turbine units located 2 kilometres upstream of the Kogelberg Dam on the Palmiet River near Cape Town, South Africa.Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rockview Dam.
Rockview Dam
Reservoir
Rockview Dam is a zoned earth-fill/rock-fill type dam located on the Palmiet River near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1986 and serves mainly for pumping purposes. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grabouw.
Grabouw
Town
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Grabouw is a town located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Grabouw is located some 65 km south-east of Cape Town, over Sir Lowry's Pass from Somerset West, along the N2 highway. Grabouw is situated 6 km northeast of Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme.
Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme
- Type: Power station
- Description: building in South Africa
- Categories: pumped-storage power station and industry
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.19808° or 34° 11′ 53″ southLongitude
18.97378° or 18° 58′ 26″ eastOperator
EskomOpen location code
4FQWRX2F+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 418863864OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q7128394
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Palmiet pomp-opgaarskema”
- Afrikaans: “Palmiet-pompopgaarskema”
- French: “centrale de pompage-turbinage du Palmiet”
- French: “Centrale de pompage-turbinage du Palmiet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palmiet vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Palmiet vannkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГАЕС Palmiet”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Applethwaite Lake and Applethwaite Farm Church.
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