by Lindsay Dentlinger
Eskom's plans for a liquid fuel pipeline to carry diesel between the Milnerton refinery and its turbines at the Ankerlig power station in Atlantis have entered the full environmental impact assessment (EIA) phase.
The pipeline would be about 36km long, depending on the route selected.
Marc Hardy, of Bohlweki Environmental Consultants, informed the Blaauwberg sub-council on Thursday that two of six alternative routes had been excluded from the EIA.
These were routes along the N7 which had, as a result of servitude restrictions and the crossing over the Diep River, been ruled out as possibilities in the scoping study which was recently concluded.
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Eskom would have to negotiate a six metre-wide permanent servitude with landowners for the establishment of the pipeline along these two routes. During construction, the servitude would have to be 30m-wide.
Eskom uses its open cycle gas turbines, which came into operation a year ago, as an option for the provision of electricity during peaking periods.
Eskom is currently expanding the station at Ankerlig by a further five units to come on stream next winter.
The plant currently receives its fuel via road from Milnerton.
lindsay.dentlinger@inl.co.za
- This article was originally published on page 4 of Cape Argus on September 19, 2008
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