The Ingula plant will have a generation capacity of 1,333MW of hydropower, which will be integrated into the South African grid, when fully operational in 2014.
As part of the turnkey eBoP solution, ABB will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the project.
The company will supply the service and auxiliary transformers, dry-type distribution transformers and medium- and low-voltage switchgear.
The Ingula PSS will comprise an upper and a lower reservoir, and the upper reservoir will have a total capacity of 22.6 million cubic meters (mcm) and an active storage of 19.3mcm while the lower reservoir will have a 26.3mcm capacity and active storage of 21.9mcm.
The reservoirs, 4.5km apart, will be connected by underground waterways to a subterranean generating plant with four 333MW pump turbines.
