Heritage Cases

Mulilo Renewable Project Developments (Pty) Ltd (hereafter, “Mulilo”), the Project Applicant, is proposing to construct two Wind Energy Facilities (WEFs), namely Kuruman Phase 1 WEF and Kuruman Phase 2 WEF and supporting infrastructure, in the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality and the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, 8 km and 37 km south west from Kuruman and from Kathu, respectively, in the Northern Cape Province. The proposed WEF projects are being developed to generate electricity via wind energy which will feed into and supplement the national electricity grid. This report comprises the draft Basic Assessment (BA) for the development of the supporting electrical infrastructure to the two WEFs, namely the “Kuruman Transmission Line” project. The proposed project occurs within the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality and the Gamagara Local Municipality and within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality This assessment provides an assessment of three connectivity options that will enable the WEFs to evacuate the electricity generated by the WEFs into the National Grid. The connection options either entail the development of a 132 kV line to the existing Ferrum substation (located in Kathu) (Alternative 1) or to the Moffat substation (located in Kuruman) (Alternative 2 and 3) and two Eskom Switching (Metering) Stations. The two WEFs are considered as part of two separate Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes.