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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6.6.3 KAROO CLN<br />
For the current network configuration, which is under system healthy conditions, transformation and thermal limit<br />
violations are experienced in the Karoo CLN around Hydra, Ruigtevallei and Roodekuil substation mostly during<br />
maximum generation at Van der Kloof and Gariep. N-1 reliability criteria were not catered for at Roodekuil, since<br />
the planning criteria in force at the time did not require it. Single transformers were commissioned at Roodekuil<br />
220/132kV and 132/22kV. The project Gariep Upgrade will ease most of constraints around Ruigtevallei MTS by<br />
strengthening the local distribution network.<br />
In addition to <strong>Transmission</strong> projects identified to resolve capacity and security of supply constraints in the Karoo CLN,<br />
some of the Cape corridor strengthening scheme projects will be commissioned within the boundaries of the Karoo<br />
CLN to improve the <strong>Transmission</strong> corridor capacity to the entire Southern and Western Grid between 2009 and 2018.<br />
The Karoo CLN network development involves the following:<br />
Cape Corridor Strengthening Scheme Phase 2&3 2012<br />
• Gamma Ext 765kV busbar establishment<br />
• Gamma Ext 2nd 400MVar 765kV busbar reactor<br />
• Hydra-Gamma 1st 765kV line<br />
• Gamma-Kappa 1st 765kV line<br />
• Kappa 765/400kV substation<br />
• Kappa Ext 400kV 100MVAr shunt reactor<br />
Southern Grid strengthening Phase 3 2016<br />
• Gamma Ext 765kV busbar<br />
Cape Corridor Strengthening Scheme Phase 4 2016<br />
• Gamma-Kappa 2nd 765kV line<br />
The geographical network of the South Grid is shown in Figure 6 12 below.<br />
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