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Riemvasmaak Hydropower Project

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ProposalDescription: 

Proposed 40 MW Riemvasmaak Hydropower Station, Orange River, Northern Cape

Expanded_Motivation: 

RVM 1 Hydro Electric Power (Pty) Ltd intends to construct a 40 Megawatt (MW) hydropower station on the Orange River, on the Portion 1 of Farm no. 498 (Riemvasmaak) ) and Remainder of Farm no. 497 (within the boundary of the Augrabies Falls National Park), north of the Augrabies Falls and approximately 40 km North West of Kakamas in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. A BA process was initially conducted for two 10MW stations. Based on comments received and a change in the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Independent Power Producer Process (IPPP), which meant that larger hydropower projects could be put forward, a decision was made to upgrade the BA process to an S&EIA process to provide for additional stakeholder engagement and to increase the capacity of the proposed project from 20MW to 40MW. The project comprises a low diversion weir on the Orange River, a buried headrace, a headpond, an underground powerhouse, and am underground tailrace back into a palaeo-channel of the Orange River. An HIA was conducted for the BA phase of the project's development, the findings of which are relevant to the S&EIA phase because it covered all areas that will be affected by the current project.

ApplicationDate: 

Monday, July 29, 2013 - 15:21

CaseID: 

3101

OtherReferences: 

CaseReferenceDepartmentApplicationTypeDeadlineDateContactPerson
RVM 1: DEA Ref No: 14/12/16/3/3/2/600: NEAS Ref No: DEA/EIA/0002013/2013
Department of Environmental Affairs
10/08/2016
Vincent Chauke

Heritage Reports: 

HIA Riemvasmaak Hydropower Project

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AdditionalDocuments
  1. PDF icon Riemvasmaak Final Scoping Report
  2. PDF icon Comments Response Report 2
  3. PDF icon RVM HPP Amended Final EIA Report June 2016
  4. PDF icon RVM HPP Addendum to AFEIAR June 2016
  5. PDF icon SAHRA Review of December 2012 HIA
  6. PDF icon RVM HPP Environmental Management Programme June 2016
  7. PDF icon RVM HPP Specialist Volume Cover Page
  8. PDF icon RVM HPP Agriculture Report January 2014
  9. PDF icon RVM HPP Aquatic Ecology Report March 2015
  10. PDF icon RVM HPP Botanical Report April 2015
  11. PDF icon RVM HPP Economic Assessment February 2016
  12. PDF icon RVM HPP Fauna report April 2015
  13. PDF icon RVM HPP Geotechnical report February 2015
  14. PDF icon RVM HPP Heritage report December 2012
  15. PDF icon RVM HPP Socio-Economic and Tourism report January 2014
  16. PDF icon RVM HPP Visual report Febraury 2014
  17. PDF icon RVM HPP NOise report November 2012

Public Comments

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Nelis Bezuidenhout
10 years 6 months ago
Aurecon - Nelspruit

Heritage Report undertaken during the Basic Assessment. Project has been upgraded to a full Scoping and EIA and therefore a new HIA assessment will be undertaken.

PDF icon Heritage Report undertaken during the Basic Assessment.
 

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