Heritage Cases

The proposed RHODES SOLAR PARK 1 on the farm Rhodes will have a maximum generating capacity up to 75 MW. The facility will comprise several arrays (strings) of PV modules mounted on frames; the associated infrastructure and structures will consist of: - internal and external access roads and a small parking area; - fencing of the plant and video security control systems; - foundations / mini piles for the mounted Photovoltaic arrays; - electricity access point for the construction phase, operation phase (if necessary) and UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) devices; - water access point and/or water extraction on-site from borehole(s), water supply pipelines, water treatment; - sewage system and storm water collection system; - workshop & warehouse, - offices & administrative area; - cabling linking Photovoltaic strings and other internal cabling; - medium voltage stations designed to host DC/AC inverters and medium voltage power transformers; - one medium voltage receiving station, linking in parallel all the medium voltage stations; (xii) one small on-site high-voltage substation with high-voltage power transformer(s), - stepping up the voltage to the voltage of the Eskom's grid, control building(s) and one busbar with metering and protection devices (also called "switching station"); - two new small sections of 132 kV power line allowing the Eskom "Hotazel - Heuningvlei" 132 kV power line - which crosses the project site - to loop in and out of the 132 kV bus bar of the new on-site loop-in loop-out substation. The proposed Rhodes 1 Solar Park will deliver the electrical energy to the Eskom "Hotazel - Heuningvlei" 132 kV power line - which crosses the project site. The Eskom power line will loop in and out of the 132 kV busbar of the new on-site substations, via two new sections of 132 kV line approximately 100 metres long inside the footprint alternatives for the Solar Park.