Ahead of the curve
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26 August๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ญ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ.
For weeks, South Africa suffered crippling levels of power cuts throughout the country. In some areas, there would be no electricity for up to ten hours in a single day. But as Eskom ramped up the dreaded load shedding schedules, Cape Town kept its lights for longer. The secret, is the Steenbras Dam power plant . It acts like a massive battery that is charged up to be used when the power at peak periods , providing 180MW more power into the cityโs grid. A lifeline, for the Mother City. Now as President Ramaphosa makes bold promises to resolve the countryโs power crisis, the City is rapidly moving forward to add even more capacity to the grid.
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