Steenbras Power Station, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 15 relations: Africa, City of Cape Town, Daily Maverick, Gordon's Bay, Hottentots Holland Mountains, List of power stations in South Africa, Load balancing (electrical power), Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, Rolling blackout, South Africa, South African energy crisis, Steenbras Dam, Steenbras Upper Dam, Watt, Western Cape.

2. 1979 establishments in South Africa
3. Economy of Cape Town
4. Energy infrastructure completed in 1979
5. Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in South Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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City of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town (Stad Kaapstad; IsiXeko saseKapa) is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of Cape Town and surrounding areas.

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Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick is a South African online news publication and weekly print newspaper, with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

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Gordon's Bay

Gordon's Bay (Gordonsbaai) is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Hottentots Holland Mountains

The Hottentots Holland Mountains are part of the Cape Fold Belt in the Western Cape, South Africa.

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List of power stations in South Africa

South Africa produced around 245,000 GWh of electricity in 2021.

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Load balancing (electrical power)

Load balancing, load matching, or daily peak demand reserve refers to the use of various techniques by electrical power stations to store excess electrical power during low demand periods for release as demand rises.

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Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing.

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Rolling blackout

A rolling blackout, also referred to as rota or rotational load shedding, rota disconnection, feeder rotation, or a rotating outage, is an intentionally engineered electrical power shutdown in which electricity delivery is stopped for non-overlapping periods of time over different parts of the distribution region.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African energy crisis

South Africa's energy crisis or load shedding is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply.

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Steenbras Dam

The Steenbras Dam ("STEE-un bruss"), now referred to as Steenbras Lower Dam, is a gravity concrete arch type dam located in the Hottentots-Holland mountains, above Gordons Bay, near Cape Town in South Africa.

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Steenbras Upper Dam

Steenbras Upper Dam is an earth-fill type dam located in the Hottentots Holland Mountains above Gordons Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.

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Western Cape

The Western Cape (Wes-Kaap; iNtshona-Koloni) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.

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See also

1979 establishments in South Africa

• Cahora Bassa (HVDC)
• Eduvos
• Federation of South African Trade Unions
• Highveld Classic
• Hoërskool Waterkloof
• Hout Bay Museum
• Limpopo Division
• Lulekani
• Mangosuthu University of Technology
• Maritzburg United F.C.
• Menlyn Park
• POWA
• South African Police Star for Distinguished Leadership
• South African Police Star for Outstanding Service
• Steenbras Power Station
• Tsolwana Nature Reserve
• Tygerberg Zoo

Economy of Cape Town

• Ankerlig Power Station
• Athlone Power Station
• Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
• Cape Town International Convention Centre
• Constantia (wine)
• Graaff Electric Lighting Works
• Steenbras Power Station
• Transport in Cape Town

Energy infrastructure completed in 1979

• Água Vermelha Dam
• A. B. Brown Generating Station
• Albertirsa–Zakhidnoukrainska–Vinnytsia powerline
• Arroyito Dam
• CU (power line)
• Cahora Bassa (HVDC)
• Chief Joseph Dam
• Coal Creek Station
• Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station
• Driekloof Dam
• Dukan Dam
• El Carrizal Dam
• Fayette Power Project
• Gerald Gentleman Station
• Grain Power Station
• HVDC Hokkaido–Honshu
• Isar Nuclear Power Plant
• John P. Madgett Generating Station
• Kharkiv TEC-5
• Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station
• Lomi Hydroelectric Power Station
• Lower Granite Dam
• Mak–Ban Geothermal Power Plant
• Markersbach Pumped Storage Power Plant
• Martin Lake Power Plant
• Mažeikiai Power Plant
• Mtera Dam
• New Melones Dam
• Nurek Dam
• Panipat Thermal Power Station I
• Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant
• Pleasants Power Station
• Presque Isle Power Plant
• Robert D. Green Generating Station
• Salto Grande Dam
• Steenbras Power Station
• Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant
• Tuticorin Thermal Power Station
• Wujiangdu Dam
• Xiju Power Plant

Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in South Africa

• Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme
• Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme
• Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme
• Steenbras Power Station

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steenbras_Power_Station

Also known as Steenbras Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Power Station.