South Africa’s new pro-development and pro-renewables approach can bring added complexity for developers and to the environmental compliance landscape.
South Africa’s environmental compliance landscape is becoming more pro-development as the government tries to speed up the permitting process for renewable energy projects – but this can bring added complexity for developers.
With at least seven new or proposed regulations applicable to renewable energy environmental processes released in 2021 and 2022 alone, it has become more challenging for developers to determine the appropriate way forward, says Sue Reuther, Partner and Principal Environmental Consultant at SRK Consulting.
The latest Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) proposals to exclude solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in areas of medium to low environmental sensitivity from the need to obtain Environmental Authorisation (EA) were recently released for public comment.
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