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24820
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The Applicant, Mohau Solar PV (Pty) Ltd, is proposing the construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) facility (Mohau 5 Solar PV) located on the Farm Montesfield No. 431, Portion 2 of the Farm Montesfield No. 266 Farm Rosekroon No. 432, and Farm Middelplaats No. 155, approximately 6.5 km south-east of the town of Reddersburg in the Free State Province.
The solar PV facility will comprise several arrays of PV panels and associated infrastructure and will have a contracted capacity of up to 260 MW. The development area is situated within the Kopanong Local Municipality area and greater Xhariep District Municipality.
Five (05) additional solar PV facilities (Mohau 1 Solar PV, Mohau 2 Solar PV, Mohau 3 Solar PV, Mohau 4 Solar PV and Mohau 6 Solar PV) are concurrently being considered on the adjacent properties and are assessed through separate Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) processes.
The proposed Mohau 5 Solar PV will cover approximately 483ha (assessed within a 1699 ha area) and will include the following infrastructure:
• PV modules and mounting structures
• Inverters and transformers
• Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
• Site and internal access roads (between 6 m and 8 m wide)
• Operation and Maintenance buildings including a gate house, ablution facilities, security building, control centre, offices, warehouses and workshops for storage and maintenance.
• Construction Camps
• Temporary and permanent laydown area
• For health, safety and security reasons, the facility will be required to be fenced off from the surrounding farms.
• Facility grid connection infrastructure, including:
o 132kV on-site facility substation
o Eskom Switching station
o Internal cabling or power lines between the project components and the onsite facility substations
o Proposed new 400kV Eskom Main Transmission Substation (MTS).
o 132kV Overhead Line (OHL) interconnecting the proposed Eskom Switching station to the proposed Eskom MTS.
o Loop in Loop out 400 kV OHL connection onto existing Eskom 400 kV OHL
Province(s): Free State
The solar PV facility will comprise several arrays of PV panels and associated infrastructure and will have a contracted capacity of up to 260 MW. The development area is situated within the Kopanong Local Municipality area and greater Xhariep District Municipality.
Five (05) additional solar PV facilities (Mohau 1 Solar PV, Mohau 2 Solar PV, Mohau 3 Solar PV, Mohau 4 Solar PV and Mohau 6 Solar PV) are concurrently being considered on the adjacent properties and are assessed through separate Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) processes.
The proposed Mohau 5 Solar PV will cover approximately 483ha (assessed within a 1699 ha area) and will include the following infrastructure:
• PV modules and mounting structures
• Inverters and transformers
• Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
• Site and internal access roads (between 6 m and 8 m wide)
• Operation and Maintenance buildings including a gate house, ablution facilities, security building, control centre, offices, warehouses and workshops for storage and maintenance.
• Construction Camps
• Temporary and permanent laydown area
• For health, safety and security reasons, the facility will be required to be fenced off from the surrounding farms.
• Facility grid connection infrastructure, including:
o 132kV on-site facility substation
o Eskom Switching station
o Internal cabling or power lines between the project components and the onsite facility substations
o Proposed new 400kV Eskom Main Transmission Substation (MTS).
o 132kV Overhead Line (OHL) interconnecting the proposed Eskom Switching station to the proposed Eskom MTS.
o Loop in Loop out 400 kV OHL connection onto existing Eskom 400 kV OHL
Province(s): Free State
Post date
24/03/2025 - 11:26
Last modified
28/03/2025 - 15:14
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