PROJECT CATEGORY

Engineer, Procure and Construct

PROJECT SUMMARY

Anthonij Rupert Wyne, L'Ormarins Farm, installed a small hydro power plant, consisting of two 942kW hydro turbines (synchronous machines) and a 315kW asynchronous machine. The small hydro power plant evacuates power at 11kV to the national power grid via a rural overhead transmission line connected to an Eskom substation at Wemershoek. The small hydro power plant is a Category B Renewable Power Plant, in accordance with the South African Grid Code for Renewable Energy, Version 2.9 (SAGC Version 2.9).

I&F Engineering (I&F) and ADM Engineers (ADM) was tasked with the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the project. I&F was responsible for the power island and ADM for the Electrical Balance of Plant works for the small hydro power plant. The Electrical Balance of Plant works included performing the grid connection study and grid connection compliance.