The City is investing heavily in cutting-edge upgrades to its high-voltage Triangle Farm energy switching station in Bellville South, reports Cape {town} Etc.
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The modifications will help to provide a steady supply for residents, businesses and a number of significant power consumers in the area. The City’s Energy Directorate is the top performer, spending more than R1 billion on infrastructure in the fiscal year 2023/24, investing in power infrastructure and diversifying energy sources around the city.
The City’s mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, and electrical teams paid a visit to the Triangle Farm switching station upgrading project to see how far it had progressed. The project’s budget for the five-year term is R318 million, and it includes the construction of a new switching station building, infrastructure network strengthening, and new equipment.
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‘Cape Town is one of the fastest growing cities in South Africa and this particular upgrade is essential to future-prep our City by increasing the capacity of the switching station’s infrastructure,’ said Limberg
‘Once completed, this will not only have immediate benefits for several existing households, but will also attract and support major industries such as large data centres and independent power producers to set up shop in Cape Town.’
Limberg added that the City is committed to ensuring a reliable and safe electricity supply to all communities and investing significantly into critical infrastructure, with more than R4 billion planned to be spent over the next three years to reach this goal.
‘The Triangle Farm upgrade will significantly enhance the stability, efficiency and capacity of the infrastructure and we are pleased to announce that the work is on schedule and will be completed in December 2025, if all goes as planned.’
‘Our municipality has set a South African record for the largest single year infrastructure investment across all directorates within the City. The Energy Directorate is a top performer again, and has spent R1.1 billion or 94% of its infrastructure budget for the 2023/24 Financial Year. The hard work by our officials on the ground and our dedication to infrastructure investment demonstrates our commitment to building a resilient energy future for our communities.’
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‘Our investment is under threat, however, by the rampant and in some areas, crisis-levels of electricity infrastructure theft and vandalism and illegal connections. The City urges residents to report incidents of electricity infrastructure theft and vandalism. Theft and vandalism also undermines the City’s efforts to restore power to residents timeously where outages occur.’
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