RC Roodepoort (Pty) Ltd (the ‘Applicant’), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of Cainmani (Pty) Ltd (the ‘Developer’), proposes the development of the Roodepoort Solar Energy Facility, a Photovoltaic facility with a capacity of 132 kV. The Roodepoort Solar Energy Facility (SEF) is located approximately 11 km south-west of Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. The proposed SEF is located outside of the Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZ) but within a strategic transmission corridor, the International Corridor. The proposed projects trigger, among others, Activity 1 of Listing Notice 2 of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA, Act 107 of 1998, as amended) Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014 (as amended), and therefore requires Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) processes to be undertaken.
The 132 kV OHL will connect the proposed Roodepoort SEF to the existing Eskom Witkop Main Transmission Substation which is situated 6km west of the proposed Roodepoort SEF. In accordance with Regulation 12 (1) of the 2014 NEMA EIA Regulations (as amended), the Project Developer has appointed CES Environmental and Social Advisory Services, to undertake the required S&EIA Processes to determine and mitigate the biophysical, social and economic impacts associated with the proposed developments
Published: 23 August 2024
Review Period: The final EAs were obtained and the Appeals Period extends from 17 January 2025 – 06 February 2025
Contact Information:
Contact person: Aldi Nel | Senior Environmental Consultant
Subject Title: "Proposed Roodepoort Solar Energy Facility and EGI"
Email: aldi.nel@cesnet.co.za
Tel: 012 426 7435