Karpowership SA has been granted environmental approval for the proposed Richards Bay plant.
Karpowership SA has been granted environmental approval to go ahead with its proposed project at Richards Bay port, the company said in a statement.
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment confirmed that the environmental authorisation had been issued on Wednesday, 25 October.
The 450 MW floating gas power plant is one of three from Karpowership that won bids in the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme of 2021. The other two are a 450 MW in Coega, Eastern Cape and a 320 MW plant in Saldanha Bay.
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