Transmission Ten-Year Development Plan 2011-2020 - Eskom
Transmission Ten-Year Development Plan 2011-2020 - Eskom
Transmission Ten-Year Development Plan 2011-2020 - Eskom
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6.3 NORTH GRID<br />
The North Grid consists of five CLNs namely, Waterberg, Rustenburg, Lowveld (northern part), Warmbad and<br />
Polokwane. The current transmission network and CLNs are shown in Figure 6.5 below.<br />
Figure 6.5: Current North Grid network and CLNs<br />
The expected peak demands by 2016 and <strong>2020</strong> and the average percentage load increase for the period for each<br />
CLN are given in Table 6 5 below.<br />
CLN<br />
Peak Load<br />
(MW) 2009<br />
<strong>Transmission</strong> <strong>Ten</strong>-<strong>Year</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>2020</strong><br />
Forecasted Load (MW)<br />
2016 <strong>2020</strong><br />
Ave. Annual %<br />
Load Increase<br />
Waterberg 544 1107 1443 9.78<br />
Rustenburg 1704 2438 2732 4.43<br />
Lowveld North 1456 2099 2315 4.39<br />
Warmbad 271 243 261 -0.23<br />
Polokwane 1177 1712 1808 4.16<br />
Table 6.5: North Grid CLN load forecast and percentage load increases