Energy storage power station in Cape Town

Why is the Steenbras pumped storage station important?

Premier Alan Winde, accompanied by Cape Town’s Executive Mayor Alderman Geordin Hill-Lewis, emphasised the importance of the Steenbras Pumped Storage Station as a crucial component in the city’s battle against the energy shortfall. As Hill-Lewis aptly put it, “Steenbras is so much more than just a dam.”

Where is Steenbras pumped storage station?

Recent visits to the Steenbras Pumped Storage Station in the Western Cape have illuminated possible ways forward for the City of Cape Town. Steenbras pictured in 2019. Image credit: [danienel]@123RF.com

How does Cape Town support decarbonisation of electricity?

ties and the City of Cape Town’s Energy StrategyTHE KEY AREAS OF ALIGNMENT INCLUDE: Decarbonisation of electricity is evidenced through the City of Cape Town’s delivery and support of new renewable energy sources (whether owned or procured by the City or from the private sector) to reduce the local grid emissions factor. This is

What is Cape Town's energy strategy?

TY OF CAPE TOWNFOREWORDFROM THE EXECUTIVE MAYORWith this Energy Strategy, Cape Town is charting the long-term path to 2050, as we make the great transition from centralised supply of unreliable, costly and fossil fuel-based Eskom energy, to an increasingly decentralised supply of reliable, cost-effective, carbo