• Client: Kakamas Hydro Electric Power (Pty) Ltd (KHEP) a consortium comprised
• HydroSA
• Hydro Tasmania
• Old Mutual
• Kakamas Community Trust
• Project Overview
• Located on farm: Zwartbooisberg, 12km East of Kakamas
• Offtake at Neusberg weir
• 1400 m of open canal waterway
• 300 m of Tailrace
• 21 km long 33kV transmission line to Eskom distribution network
• 3x Horisontal Kaplan turbines with 4.01MW Output each
• Project History
• Round 2 of the REIPP program
• Construction started: July 2013
• COD (Commercial Operation Date): 1 Feb 2015