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Tab 3 · The 1st Submission

The 1st Submission — 25 MWp Adendorp Solar PV

Our first application under the Solar Exclusion Norm: the Adendorp Solar PV Facility (25 MWp), connected to the municipal 11 kV network in the Eastern Cape. This is our first submission — the project that demonstrates the pathway end-to-end.

25 MWp

Solar PV (DC)

Adendorp · ERF 1206

25 MVA

Solar farm AC

Converter to 11 kV

11 kV

Grid connection

Municipal network

Site 1 · Adendorp

Adendorp Solar PV Facility (25 MWp)

Located on Berrange Road, Adendorp, Eastern Cape (ERF 1206). The site boundary encloses the 25 MVA solar farm, a solar converter station stepping up to 11 kV, and a new 11 kV overhead line running alongside an existing line.

Aerial site plan of the Adendorp 25 MWp solar farm showing the red site boundary, solar converter station to 11 kV, and a new 11 kV overhead line alongside an existing line.
Figure 1: Adendorp solar farm and 11 kV converter station site boundary (Google Earth).

Location

Berrange Road, Adendorp, Eastern Cape (ERF 1206) · GPS: −32.2976, 24.5318

Generation

25 MVA solar farm feeding a solar converter station that steps the output up to 11 kV for distribution.

Linear infrastructure

A new 11 kV overhead line runs alongside an existing 11 kV line — an integral linear-infrastructure corridor as contemplated by the Norm.

Why it qualifies for the Norm

Modified agricultural land in Low/Medium sensitivity, a pre-negotiated linear corridor following an existing servitude, and a footprint that avoids high-sensitivity areas — the textbook profile for registration rather than a full EIA.

Our interpretation, in conclusion

Tab 4 brings it together — how Dr Beyers Naudé leverages the gazetted notice.

Go to Tab 4