An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process has commenced in terms of R 544 and R 545 of the National Environmental Management Act (1998) relating to the proposed establishment of a “hub” or “farm” of concentrated photovoltaic panels to be used in the generation of between 5 MW and 50MV of power at each site. The applicant, a solar power production company, wishes to introduce power to the national grid under the control of Eskom, that would be procured by the national supplier, local authorities or private entities.

The Background Information Document can be viewed and downloaded from here .

Due to recent complications, the website was unfortunately down for a protracted period. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this. However, work at Sustainable Development Projects has not stopped, and so there have been a number of new documents added to the site, now that it is up and running again.

17 South Beach Road has reached the Draft Basic Assessment Report stage, which can be viewed or downloaded here .

36 Hewitt Road has also reached the Draft Basic Assessment Report stage, and the documents associated can be viewed or downloaded from this link .

Umfolozi Country Estate documents can be accessed here .