Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme
The Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme is an energy storage facility built in the South African provinces of Free State and KwaZulu-Natal starting in 1974 and completed by 1981.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kilburn Reservoir and Kilburn Dam.
Kilburn Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilburn Reservoir is situated 2½ km southeast of Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme.
Kilburn Dam
Dam
The Kilburn Dam, an earth-fill type dam and part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project and Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme, is located 500 metres lower than the Sterkfontein Dam, on the Mnjaneni River, near Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, province of South Africa. Kilburn Dam is situated 3½ km southeast of Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme.
Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme
- Type: Power station
- Description: building in South Africa
- Categories: pumped-storage power station and industry
- Location: Okhahlamba Local Municipality, Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.56522° or 28° 33′ 55″ southLongitude
29.08338° or 29° 5′ 0″ eastOperator
EskomOpen location code
5G3FC3MM+W9OpenStreetMap ID
way 453483546Wikidata ID
Q5305652
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Drakensberg pomp-opgaarskema”
- Afrikaans: “Drakensberg-pompopgaarskema”
- Chinese: “德拉肯斯堡抽水蓄能發計畫”
- French: “centrale de pompage-turbinage du Drakensberg”
- French: “Centrale de pompage-turbinage du Drakensberg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Drakensberg vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Driekloof-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Driel-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kilburn-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Spioenkop-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sterkfontein vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sterkfontein-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sterkfontein-reservoaret”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Woodstock-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Drakensberg vannkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГАЕС Дракенсберг”
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Highlights include Oliviershoek Pass and Mpokelana.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme”. Photo: P.Lindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0.