Naos 400 kV Grid Connection, Stormwater Diversion Channel and Access Road upgrades near Viljoenskroon in the Moqhaka Local Municipality, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State Province.

SOLA Assets (Pty) Ltd (SOLA) wholly owns the Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV), namely Naos Solar PV Project One (RF) (Pty) Ltd: 2022/349071/07, Naos Solar PV Project Two (RF) (Pty) Ltd: 2022/349117/07, and Naos Solar PV Project Three (RF) (Pty) Ltd: 2022/349276/07. The SPVs hold Environmental Authorisations for the Naos Solar PV Project One, Naos Solar PV Project Two, and Naos Solar PV Project Three (referred to as the Naos PV Projects) with Reference Numbers: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2698, 14/12/16/3/3/1/2705, and 14/12/16/3/3/1/2707, respectively, which were received in May 2023 from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE).

Additional infrastructure is required to support the Naos Solar PV projects, namely an up to 400 kV grid connection to the existing Mercury Main Transmission Substation (MTS), stormwater diversion channel, and new site access road. The project is located near Viljoenskroon in the Moqhaka Local Municipality, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State Province. The above infrastructure is not authorised in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998, NEMA) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations (2014) in, and therefore a separate Basic Assessment (BA) Process and associated specialist studies is required before the project may commence.
Province(s): Free State