Environmental Management Programme: Red Sands BESS, Northern Cape

AGV Projects (Pty) Ltd (AGV) is developing the Red Sands Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility and associated infrastructure (‘’the Project’’). The Project has been awarded Preferred Bidder status in the first bid submission phase of South Africa’s Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP) and Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) status in terms of the Infrastructure Development Act (Act No. 23 of 2014) (IDA). The proposed Red Sands BESS facility and associated infrastructure was granted Environmental Authorisation (EA) by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) on 11 August 2022 (DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514) and amended on 5 May 2023 (DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM1) and amended on 05 May 2023 (DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM1), 1 July 2024 (DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM2), 2 September 2024 (DFFE Ref: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM3) and 16 September 2024 (DFFE Ref: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM4), respectively. This Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) has been compiled for AGV for the development of the Red Sands BESS facility and associated infrastructure. This EMPr was originally compiled by Savannah Environmental based on the Basic Assessment (BA) conducted (Savannah Environmental, 2022), and has been updated by OMI Solutions (Pty) Ltd in compliance with condition 15 and 16 of the EA granted by DFFE on 11 August 2022 (DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514) and amended on 05 May 2023 (DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM1),1 July 2024 (DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM2), 2 September 2024 (DFFE Ref: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM3) and 16 September 2024 (DFFE Ref: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2514/AM4), respectively. The EMPr has been updated to include the conditions of the EA as they relate to the BESS facility in compliance with condition 16.1 of the EA. The EMPr must be implemented to protect sensitive on-site and off-site features through controlling construction, operation and decommissioning activities that could have a detrimental effect on the environment, and through avoiding or minimising potential impacts. This EMPr is applicable to all employees and Contractor working on the pre-construction, construction, and operation and maintenance phases of the Project.
Province(s): Northern Cape