Eskom will be hosting the 28th African Hydro Symposium (AHS) from 25 to 27 October 2016 at Ingula, near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal. Ingula is Eskom’s newest pumped storage scheme under construction and the largest in Africa housing 4 X 333MW pump turbines.

This symposium is held annually and is a forum where Hydro Operating Personnel, representing electricity utilities and Independent Power Producers (IPP’s) from Africa, meet to share ideas and deliberate on the operation, development, maintenance and management of hydro power plants. The vision of the African Hydro Symposium is that of becoming an internationally recognised body of hydro expertise, with the objective being to facilitate technical interaction to enhance hydro plant performance for the mutual benefit of the participating utilities and IPPs.

The Hydro Symposium was launched in 1988 as a meeting of Eskom Hydro Plant Operators; this was extended in 1990 to include Hydro Operating Personnel representing electricity utilities, and IPP’s from Southern Africa. The theme for 2016 is “Sustainable Water – Sustainable Power”.

Approximately 100 delegates from power utilities are expected to attend the symposium from countries such as Egypt, Uganda, Angola, Namibia, Malawi, Kenya, Austria, German, Zambia, Croatia and South Africa.

Issued by Eskom