ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWSTABLE ®SIVUTSE ON THE FARM BERGVLIET 65HS AND REMAINING EXTENT OF THE FARM RIETFONTEIN 66HS, WITHIN THE DR PIXLEY KA ISAKA SEME LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IN THE MPUMALANG

As part of the Eskom lander tender MWP1247GX, Hydrogen de France (HDF- Energy) has been awarded 1782 ha of Eskom’s land to develop 8 Renewstable® hydrogen power plants in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Distributed over five farm portions near the Tutuka and Majuba Coal Power Stations, HDF-Energy is part of a cluster of different project developers, also awarded with land in the area to develop infrastructure related to renewable energy. HDF-Energy, under its Special Purpose Company (SPC) “Renewstable Mpumalanga (Pty) Ltd”, is undertaking the development and implementation of 4 projects referred to as Majuba Cluster that consists of the following:
•Renewstable®Qhakaza
•Renewstable®Bokamoso
•Renewstable®Sivutse
•Renewstable®Ntokozo

These projects are high-capacity renewable power plants based on hydrogen energy storage technology, focusing on the 74MW Renewstable®Sivutse. The power plant will harness renewable energy from a solar Photovoltaic (PV) plant and convert it into hydrogen using an electrolyser system.

This ESIA project is specifically for 74MW Renewstable Sivutse, which will be within an agricultural land parcel located on Portions 1, 6, 34 and the Remaining Extent of the Farm Bergvliet 65HS as well as the Remaining Extent of the Farm Rietfontein 66HS, approximately 3 km northeast of Majuba Power Station and approximately 7 km southwest of Amersfoort. The site is within Ward 8 in the Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality jurisdiction in the Mpumalanga Province under the Gert Sibande District Municipality. The extent of the site is approximately 435 ha
Province(s): Mpumalanga