Proposed Huge & Khoe Wind Energy Facility, Western Cape Province

19 October 2023

23 August 2024

NOTIFICATION OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) REPORTS FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT

23 August 2024

DFFE Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/2/2515 and 14/12/16/3/3/2/2516

Nature of Activity: Hugo Wind Energy Facility (Pty) and Khoe Wind Energy Facility (Pty) Ltd propose the establishment of a Wind energy facility (WEF), including associated grid connection and infrastructure (‘the WEF and associated infrastructure’). The potential generation capacity of

Hugo Wind Energy Facility (Pty) is up to 336 MW and Khoe Wind Energy Facility (Pty) is up to 232 MW. Each Wind Energy facility will comprise various buildings, access roads, a battery energy storage system (BESS), and a substation hub with associated electrical grid infrastructure such as but not limited to a 132kV / 33 kV overhead transmission powerline connecting the WEF to the national electrical grid network.

Development Location:

Hugo WEF

The proposed Hugo WEF is located near De Doorns within the Breede Valley Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province.

Khoe WEF

The proposed Khoe WEF Cluster is located near De Doorns within the Langeberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province.

Application Process: In terms of Chapter 5 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998 – NEMA), and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014 (as

amended), the Project Applicants appointed Environmental Resources Management Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (ERM), to act as the project manager and to undertake the Scoping and Environmental

Impact Assessment (S&EIA) as the independent environmental impact assessment practitioner (EAP).

ERM has submitted two separate Draft EIA Reports to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE).

Invitation to Comment: Members of the public, local communities, and stakeholders are invited to comment on the Draft EIA Reports, which are available for public review and comment,

from Friday 23 August 2024 until the Monday, 23 September 2024 (both days inclusive), as per Table 1 below.

Table 1: Public Review and Comment Locations

Location	Physical Address
Electronic Copy Locations (Available for download below)
ERM Website (available for download)	https://www.erm.com/hugoandkhoe/
Via One Drive	I&APs can request for copies to be sent via one drive shared folder.
Hard Copy Location
De Doorns Public Library	7 Station Road, De Doorns, Western Cape, South Africa
CD Copies will be made upon request to the EAP.

Should you wish to be registered as an I&AP and / or would like comment please submit your name, interest in the project or comment, email and postal address and telephone number in writing to the below address:
Environmental Resources Management Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd	ERM Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. 1^st Floor Great Westerford 240 Main Road, Rondebosch Cape Town, 7700 South Africa
Project Reference: 0695823 Hugo&Khoe WEF	Contact Person: Sadiya Salie
Email: hugokhoe@erm.com	Telephone: +27117985400
Post: Postnet Suite 90, Private Bag X12, Tokai, 7966	Online: https://hugokhoe.aidaform.com/stakeholder-engagement