Electrical Grid Infrastructure to Support the Mogobe Battery Energy Storage System

Mogobe EGI (Pty) Ltd (‘the Applicant’) is proposing the construction of up to 132 kV Electrical Grid Infrastructure (EGI) to support the Mogobe BESS project located on Portion 1 of the Farm Legoko 460, south east of the town of Kathu within the Gamagara Local Municipality in the Northern Cape Province. The EGI will traverse Portion 1 of the Farm Legoko 460 and portions 2, 10 & the Remaining Extent of Farm Sekgame 461. The site is accessible via the existing farm access from the N14. The Mogobe EGI will comprise of the following:
• A 132 kV double circuit monopole and/or lattice tower overhead power line, approximately 9.0 km in length and 30 m in height to connect to the Existing Eskom Ferrum Substation located within an approved corridor of approximately 200 m wide. The power line will be constructed within an approximately 31 m wide servitude.
• A service road of approximately 4 m wide below the power line.
• An on-site switching station, with an estimated footprint of 1.0 ha and up to 5 m in height, at the Mogobe BESS facility. This refers specifically to Eskom’s section of the on-site substation, planned to be at 132 kV, which will be transferred from the IPP to Eskom. Lightning masts of up to 21 m will be installed within the substation yard, and
• Associated electrical infrastructure at the Eskom Ferrum Substation. This will include but not limited to a new feeder bay which comprises of the extension to the existing platform and busbars of the 132 kV yard inside Eskom Ferrum Substation.
Province(s): Northern Cape