ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWSTABLE®QHAKAZA ON THE FARM SCHURVEPOORT 63-HS PORTION 10 IN AMERSFOORT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF DR PIXELY KA ISAKA SEME LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, MPUMALANGA PROVINC

As part of the Eskom land tender MWP1247GX, Hydrogene 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®Ntokozo
• Renewstable® Bokamoso
• Renewstable® Sivutse
• Renewstable® Qhakaza

These projects are high-capacity renewable power plants based on hydrogen energy storage technology. They will provide the country with the respective electricity services. This ESIA is specifically for the proposed Renewstable®Qhakaza, within an agricultural area on the Farm Schurvepoort 63-HS Portion 10, located approximately 18 km northeast of Majuba Power Station and approximately 8 km southeast of Amersfoort, within Ward 7 of the Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province. The extent of the site is approximately 120 ha. The proposed site is located approximately 10km south-west of Amersfoort and 10km north-east of Daggakraal in ward 7 of Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality (DPKISLM), in turn, forms part of the Gert Sibande District Municipality (GSDM) of the Mpumalanga Province
Province(s): Mpumalanga