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Proposed Spitskop Solar Park COMPILED BY 2015 Table of Contents 1. PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................... 2 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................... 2 3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT .......................................................................................... 6 3.1 Population ........................................................................................................................ 6 3.2 Education .......................................................................................................................... 6 3.3 Housing ............................................................................................................................. 7 3.4 Economic Production Structure ....................................................................................... 7 3.5 Employment Profile .......................................................................................................... 8 3.6 Household Income Distribution ....................................................................................... 9 3.7 Household Infrastructure ................................................................................................. 9 4. DEVELOPMENT PLANNING CONTEXT ............................................................................ 10 4.1 National Planning Context ............................................................................................. 10 4.2 Limpopo Provincial Planning Context ............................................................................ 12 4.3 Greater Letaba Municipal Planning Context .................................................................. 13 5. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................. 13 6. ADDITIONAL SOCIAL BENEFIT FOR THE MUNICIPALITY .................................................. 15 7. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................. 15 8. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED PROJECT ............................... 16 8.1 Construction Phase ........................................................................................................ 16 8.2 Operational Phase ...................................................................................................... 16 9. PLAN OF WORK FOR EIA ............................................................................................... 17 9.1 Literature Analysis and Review ...................................................................................... 17 9.2 Consultation with I&APs ................................................................................................ 17 9.3 Comparative Analysis with Other Studies and Reports ................................................. 17 9.4 Variables ......................................................................................................................... 17 9.5 Rating of Social and Economic Impacts .......................................................................... 17 9.6 Reporting ........................................................................................................................ 17 10. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ...................................................................................... 18 11. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 21 Page | 1 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to document socio-economic issues at the conceptual level that should be considered as part of the environmental impact assessment of the proposed Bolubedu Photovoltaic Solar Park west of the Eskom Bolubedu Substation, which is in Greater Letaba Local Municipality, located in the eastern part of Limpopo Province. This report is one of several documents that consider the environmental impact of the proposed project from different perspectives, with specific consideration of the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme requests. Relevant planning documents were used and reference was made to recent environmental impact assessments of similar projects at other locations in the country. Experts who are working on other elements of the Bolubedu Solar Park Environmental Impact Assessment were also consulted. 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A 75 MW photovoltaic solar plant is being proposed on the Remainder of the Farm Kromrivierfontein 360 LT and the Remainder of the Farm Worcester 200 LT in Greater Letaba Local Municipality (Limpopo Province) by Renewable Solutions Business Enterprise (Pty) Ltd. The farm is located 49 km south west of Giyani and adjacent to the Eskom Bolubedu Substation. The map below (figure 1) illustrates the proposed location relative to Tzaneen and Giyani. Tzaneen is located 75 km south west of the site. It had a population of almost 15, 000 in 2011. The population of Giyani was approximately 26,000 people in that year. The capital town of the Municipality is Modjadjiskloof. It is 58 km south-west of the project site and had a population of 1,500 people in 2011. The proposed property is on communal land and is surrounded by six rural villages with a total 2011 population of 11,324 people. The socio-economic dynamics of these places will be discussed in more detail below. Figure 2 indicates the proposed project location relative to these settlements. Two other villages, Maphalle and Ga-Nata are further away. Maphalle can also be seen in Figure Two. The farm portion that is being considered is almost 200 hectares in extent, of which approximately 160 hectares will be used for the solar plant activities, which include photovoltaic panels and buildings required for office and storage space, as well as a workshop. The plant will comprise several long rows of photovoltaic panels that convert sunlight into electricity, which will deliver energy into the Eskom distribution network at the substation adjacent to the proposed site. Associated infrastructure and structures above the ground will consist of: Internal and external access roads and a small parking area; Fencing of the plant and video security control systems; Foundations / mini piles for the mounted photovoltaic arrays; Electricity access point and UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) devices; Water access point and/or extraction on-site from borehole(s), water pipelines, water treatment; Sewage system and storm water collection system; Workshop & warehouse; Page | 2 Control building with offices; Cabling linking photovoltaic strings and other internal cabling; Medium voltage stations hosting DC/AC inverters and medium voltage power transformers; One or more medium voltage receiving station(s), linking in parallel all the medium voltage stations; One small on-site high voltage substation with high-voltage power transformers, stepping up the voltage to the voltage of the Eskom’s grid, a control building and a busbar with metering and protection devices (also called “switching station”); Two new small sections of power line, 100 m long, for the connection to the Eskom Substation, which is adjacent to the proposed site. Project construction could take approximately fifteen months to complete and the facility will have a lifetime of 25-30 years. Specific attention will be paid to socio-economic development and local economic growth by way of job creation, education and skills development, facilitating the participation of local communities and supporting local manufacturing. It is anticipated that 100 people will be employed during the construction period, although this number can increase up to 150 for short spaces of time during peak periods. During the operational phase the project is expected to employ between 35 and 40 people with an employment profile as reflected in the table below. Table 1: Anticipated Employment Profile for the Proposed Bolubedu Solar Plant Category Number Monthly Salary R’ Total Monthly Salary R’ Recruitment Plant Manager 1 55,000 55,000 Local/National Plant Operators 4 40,000 160,000 Local/Provincial Administrator 1 22,000 22,000 Local Security 21 8,000 168,000 Local Labourers 11 6,000 66,000 Local Total 38 471,000 Staff remuneration, maintenance equipment and consumables are likely to be the primary operational expenses. A substantial proportion of this expenditure may flow to the neighbouring Tzaneen Municipality, because the required products and services may not be available in Greater Letaba Municipality. Rates and taxes should technically accrue to the local municipality, but the proposed site is on communal land, which is not yet incorporated into the municipal billing system. Expectations that the Traditional Authority may have regarding the project must be clarified and formalised during the project planning process. Company tax will accrue to the national government. Figure 1 also shows the entire Greater Letaba Local Municipality area. Page | 3 Figure 1: Proposed Location of the Bolubedu Solar Park Relative to Tzaneen and Giyani Towns Page | 4 Figure 2: Proposed Location of the Bolubedu Solar Park Relative to the Surrounding Communities Page | 5 3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT 3.1 Population Greater Letaba is a rural municipality with commercial farmland in the west and 108 mostly small settlements on communal land in the rest of the area. The land size is approximately 1,900km² and the municipal population
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