1480 - Mulilo Struisbult PV2 Grid Connection BA

The Applicant is in the process of preparing Struisbult PV2 solar facility for a private off-taker. One of the Eskom conditions received for connecting the project to the grid is to build an additional 8.8 km 132 kV line between Kronos and Cuprum substations. The Applicant proposes construction of the required 132 kV line alongside an existing powerline servitude with associated grid connection infrastructure as follows:
• An access road to the Struisbult PV2 Substation;
• An approximately 1 km Loop-In Loop-Out line (LILO); and
• An approximately 8.8 km 132 KV Transmission Line along the existing Kronos-Cuprum Transmission Line.
The proposed project site is within the following properties: Farm Vogelstruisbult 104, Farm Klipgats Pan 117 and Farm Hoekplaas 146 near Copperton, Siyathemba Local Municipality, Northern Cape.