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Dobbin PV solar

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ProposalDescription: 

Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed development of a 75MW photo-voltaic (PV) solar facility, located on Portion 1 of the farm Het Fortuin no. 66 near Cradock, Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

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The construction of the proposed PV facility will involve the construction of the following infrastructure: • Arrays of photovoltaic panels for the generation of electricity, arranged in clusters; • Dedicated inverters to convert the electricity from DC to AC; • Underground low voltage cabling between the photovoltaic clusters and dedicated inverters; • Underground medium voltage power lines from inverter substations to a central collector/ step-up substation; • A new outdoor step-up substation with transformers to step up the medium voltage to high voltage electricity; • A switching station next to the new sub-station; • A new 132 kV overhead power line from the switching station to the existing 132kV Dobbin-Genoegsaam overhead line traversing the site, which connects into the Eskom grid; Associated infrastructure include the following: • External access road from the gravel road to the Knutsford railway siding; • Internal roads; • Water storage tanks with associated pumping equipment; • Administrative/security buildings; and • 3 m high mesh security fencing and security lighting around the site boundary.

ApplicationDate: 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 09:33

CaseID: 

16932

OtherReferences: 

DepartmentApplicationTypeDeadlineDateContactPerson
Department of Environmental Affairs
30/09/2021
Thulisile Nyalunga

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Site panorama with Eskom line
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  1. PDF icon Dobbin draft scoping report for comment
 
 

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