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What are South Africa's peaking power stations?

South Africa’s peaking power stations are hydroelectric, hydro pumped storage and gas turbine stations. Peaking Generation consist of stations that operate during peak periods or when the system is constrained, which is when demand is higher than what your base-load can supply at the time.

Who owns Pretoria West power station?

Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84): This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor. Pretoria West power station is a coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 180 MW. The plant was built in 1952, and is owned by Tshwane Electricity Division.

What is a peaking power station?

The term peaking means we can react quickly to changes in demand and provide power to supplement that generated by base-load stations, which are coal and nuclear. South Africa’s peaking power stations are hydroelectric, hydro pumped storage and gas turbine stations.

How many peaking power stations are there?

There are fourteen peaking power stations: gas turbine stations, hydroelectric (run-of-river), hydro pumped storage and wind with a total nominal capacity of 5 894.4MW’s. Peaking Generation has three visitors centres in the group:

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