Heritage Cases

Energy supply in South Africa has been a common challenge as a result of the following:- o Insufficient supply of coal, including but not limited to other factors such as financial provision. o Failure of equipment and resources by Eskom (Ailing infrastructure). Most importantly the increase in developments and industrialisation, which leads to a high demand for electricity vs. the available capacity. The proposed development is important as it will add to the current electricity supply shortfalls, additionally the energy will be produced from a renewable resource (radiation-energy from the sun) as compared to a non-renewable resource (i.e. coal), this in turn results in less environmental impacts as compared to the use of coal. The proposed development will be able add energy to grid (Eskom supply) which can supply energy to approximately 33 000 households, this will improve the energy supply for the residents within the Magareng and Dikgatlong Local Municipality, not leaving out the direct and indirect job opportunities which will be created during the construction and operational phases of the proposed development. The proposed developments contributes to the current sustainability goals, gearing towards the circular economy, in that the use of renewable energy as compared to non-renewable energy achieves the objectives of reducing the country’s carbon footprint, and preserving the country’s resources for the future generation.