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Biodiversity Planning Forum
Cape St Francis
19-22 June 2018
Phase 2 SEA for Identifying Renewable Energy Development Zones
Norma Malatji , Kedibone Ndlovu, Lydia Cape, Fahiema Daniels, Tsamaelo Malebu, Abulele Adams and Reinett Ramogotshi
• The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) commissioned Wind
and Solar photovoltaic (PV) Strategic Environmental Assessment
(SEA), in support of the Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) 8.
• Aim of the SEA:
Identify areas for the development of large scale Wind and Solar
(PV) energy facilities.
• Phase 1 Wind and Solar PV SEA:
Was completed in 2015
Identified 8 Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs).
Introduction
Phase 1 REDZs
Phase 2 Wind & Solar (PV)
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Phase 2 SEA
• Aim of the SEA:-
Identify additional Renewable Energy Development Zones
(REDZ) at a finer scale across the entire country,
Use of most recent readily available scientific information.
• Separate assessment for:
Wind & Solar (PV)
Solar (PV)
Energy Development
Delineation process Solar (PV) energy development
Technical criteria Environmental mapping
• Areas with PV yield (single axis tracking) above 1850
kWh/kWp and within 50km of the solar PV projects
selected in round 1 to round 4b of the REIPPPP
• Areas with PV yield above 1850 kWh/kWp and within
50km of the solar PV projects with an approved EA
from DEA
• Areas with PV yield above 1850 kWh/kWp and within
the EGI corridors
• Areas with PV yield above 1850 kWh/kWp and within
municipalities with clusters of previously mined land
Protected Areas
CBAs
ESAs
Wetlands (500m) and Rivers(32m)
Estuaries (Floodplain)
Threatened Ecosystems
SWSAs (Natural)
Forest, Focus areas for PA expansion
SKA study Area
Heritage features: All grades and declared sites
Field crop Boundaries (Pivot, Shadenet, Horticulture and
Viticulture)
Land Capability (Categories 11-15)
Defence features
Important Bird Areas
VULPRO cape vulture colonies & restaurants
NMMU cape vulture roost sites, Bird nests
Draft focus areas for Solar PV energy development
Wind
Energy Development
Delineation process of Wind energy development
Technical criteria Environmental mapping
• Areas with power density above 250 W/m2 and within
50km of the projects selected in round 1 to round 4b of
the REIPPPP
•
Areas with power density above 250 W/m2 and within
50km of the projects with an approved EA from DEA
•
Areas with power density above 250 W/m2 and within
the power corridors identified for the expansion of the
strategic grid infrastructure
• Areas with power density above 250 W/m2 and within
35km of MTS substations identified in the TDP and
GCCA2017 datasets
Protected Areas
CBAs
ESAs
Wetlands (500m) and Rivers (32m)
Estuaries (Floodplain)
Threatened Ecosystems
SWSAs (Natural)
Forest, Focus areas for PA expansion
SKA study Area
Heritage features: All grades and declared sites
Field crop Boundaries (Pivot, Shadenet, Horticulture and Viticulture)
Land Capability (Categories 11-15), Defence features
VULPRO cape vulture colonies (50 km buffer)
VULPRO cape vulture restaurants (50 km buffer)
NMMU cape vulture roost sites (50 km buffer)
Important Bird Areas , Bird nests, Bat Roosts, Ecoregions
Draft focus areas for WIND energy development
Process summary
Wind Solar
Features of Critical Environmental
Importance
Focus Areas for Development
Technical Areas Identified
Next steps
Assessment of the draft focus areas by multi-
author specialists
A survey amongst the renewable
energy industry and amongst conservation
organisations to obtain additional
inputs on the draft focus
areas
Refinement and update of the
draft focus areas
The public review and
comments on the draft focus
areas
Refinement of the final draft focus areas
The final hand-over of the
project outputs to DEA.
Publishing of the and final focus areas
(new REDZs) in a gazette and request the
public to review and comment as part of a
formal gazetting process
