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Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme

Free State, South Africa

The 644th largest power station in the world

1.33 GW · Capacity

The Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme (previously named Braamhoek) is a pumped-storage power station in the escarpment of the Little Drakensberg range straddling the border of the KwaZulu-Natal and Free State provinces, South Africa. It is about 22 km (14 mi) North-East of Van Reenen.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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