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Bloemwater Conduit Hydropower Plant to be launched─── 11:37 Mon, 30 Mar 2015
Bloemwater - The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane will launch one of South Africa’s first conduit hydropower facilities at the Bloemwater Brandkop Reservoir in Bloemfontein tomorrow.
Mokonyane said in a statement water can be a major player in alleviating the energy shortage South Africa is currently facing through the implementation of conduit hydropower.
Conduit hydropower enables users to generate hydroelectricity for on-site use and, in some cases, to supply energy to isolated electricity demand clusters or even to the national electricity grid, depending on the location, type and size of installation. It taps into an unutilised source of hydropower by using excess energy in pressurised conduits to produce clean and renewable hydroelectric power.
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