CATEGORIES
- (27)Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- (24)Auditors & Accountants
- (6)Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment
- (5)Built Environment
- (55)Communications & Digital Technologies
- (2)Company Law
- (2)Consumer Law
- (10)Courts
- (2)Criminal Law
- (1)Cybercrimes
- (2)Disaster Management
- (11)Education & Training
- (4)Electoral Law
- (90)Environmental Law
- (4)Family Law
- (132)Financial Sector
- (3)Fisheries & Aquaculture
- (5)General Interest
- (18)Health & Safety
- (22)Home Affairs
- (3)Housing
- (14)In the Spotlight
- (1)International Co-operation
- (73)Justice & Constitutional Development
- (50)Labour Law
- (16)Legal Practice Council
- (18)Local Government
- (23)Minerals & Energy
- (1)Monetary Policy
- (1)National Development Plan
- (16)National Treasury
- (63)New Legislation
- (12)Opportunities for Public Comment
- (6)POPIA
- (276)Parliament
- (1)Practice Management
- (4)Presidency
- (13)Property Law
- (8)Public Service
- (3)Retirement Reform
- (13)Road Accident Fund
- (21)Safety and Security
- (7)Small Business Development
- (21)Social Development
- (9)Sport, Arts & Culture
- (14)State Owned Enterprises
- (4)State of Disaster (energy)
- (18)Taxation
- (7)Tourism
- (61)Trade, Industry & Competition
- (34)Transport
- (15)Water & Sanitation
- Show All
RENEWABLE ENERGY: ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION REQUIREMENTS
- 04 December 2023
- Environmental Law
- SA Legal Academy
Please note: On 6 December 2023, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment issued a backdated media statement explaining that the required Eskom letter of consent should confirm that ‘the proposed layout of the facility will not unnecessarily obstruct access to the transmission or distribution infrastructure’.
‘A letter of consent from Eskom or its successor’ is required when applying for an environmental authorisation to develop a renewable energy facility within a certain radius of a main electricity distribution or transmission substation.
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment has gazetted a notice confirming this, noting that the procedure is necessary to ensure ‘unrestricted access’ to the infrastructure concerned. The move follows a notice gazetted in July 2023 calling for input on what was envisaged at the time.
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch