Heritage Cases

The proposed project will consist of construction, operation and maintenance of a Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plant with associated infrastructure and structures having a generation capacity up to 75 MW. The footprint of the solar park will be up to 340ha. The Bolubedu Solar Park will deliver the electrical energy to the Eskom Bolubedu Substation. Access to the Bolubedu Solar Park will be from the tar road between the villages of Lebaka and Ga-Femane to the south of the R81. The Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plant together with their connection infrastructure will require the installation of the following equipment:  Photovoltaic modules (monocrystalline, polycrystalline or thin-film solar modules)  Mounting systems (fixed or single-axis horizontal trackers) for the PV arrays and related foundations  Medium voltage stations, hosting DC/AC inverters and LV/MV power transformers.  Workshop & warehouses  One small on-site high-voltage substation with high-voltage power transformers, stepping up the voltage to the voltage of the Eskom’s grid (132 kV) and a 132 kV busbar with metering and protection devices and a control building, to be located within the PV plant development area  Access road and internal roads  Fencing of the site and alarm and video-surveillance system  Water access point and water extraction on-site borehole(s) point, water supply pipelines, water treatment facilities  sewage system (Ballam Waterslot or Lilliput system). NOTE: A Case for this development has been created on SAHRIS previously (Case 9925) but challenges with the project resulted in the re-application for the EIA process in 2018 after a first process in 2016. As part of this process, current Heritage Comment pertaining to the second application is required.