A joint venture of Italian firms CMC di Revenna and Impregilo s.p.a and South Africa’s PG Mavundla has completed the first of the four units of South Africa’s $3.5-billion Ingula Pumped Storage program. The South African government is hopeful that the project will stabilize the region’s energy supply, which has experienced frequent load shedding.
State-owned power utility Eskom synchronized the 333-MW Unit 3 to the grid on March 6. The unit is set to be commercially operational in January 2017.