South African Renewable Energy EIA Application Database

The South African Renewable Energy EIA Application Database contains spatial data for renewable energy applications for environmental authorisation. It includes spatial and attribute information for both active (in process and with valid authorisations) and non-active (lapsed or replaced by amendments) applications. Data is captured and managed on a parcels level as well as aggregated to the project level. Only outer boundaries are provided in this release.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Feature metadata record on SAEOSS landing page? true
DOI
Metadata Standard
Metadata record responsible party
Individual name
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Position name
Directorate: Environmental Spatial Information
Role
originator
Electronic mail address
Reapplicationmap@dffe.gov.za
Website URL
https://egis.environment.gov.za/
Metadata record responsible party contact info
Phone
+27 12 399 9295
Facsimile
Metadata record responsible party contact address
delivery Point
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Directorate: Environmental Spatial Information Private Bag X447 Pretoria Gauteng South Africa 0001
City
Pretoria
Administrative area
Gauteng
Postal Code
0001
Topic category and SAEOSS theme
Topic Category
Climatology, Meteorology, Atmosphere
Metadata and Metadata record language and character set
Dataset language
English
Dataset character set
ASCII
Metadata language
English
Metadata character set
ASCII
Lineage statement This database was originally developed from a DFFE internal database containing environmental applications for renewable energy developments based on the SEA project for Renewable Energy updated to December 2013. From December 2013 to 30 May 2025 the information extracted from these databases were verified and supplemented with official environment application documentation where available, such as application forms, EIA reports, Environmental Authorisations, and lapse letters. Such documentation was primarily provided by DFFE. In cases where documentation was not available from DFFE it was sourced from project websites. In some instances where official documentation was not available from DFFE applicants or their consultants were also contacted to obtain or verify information. There are 0 amendments added; 24 new applications captured and 0 corrections made, see ANNEXURE A with details of records.
Metadata record point of contact
Individual contact name
Acting Director: Environmental Spatial Information
Role / Position of the contact individual
Acting Director
Organisation role
point of contact
Electronic mail address
Reapplicationmap@dffe.gov.za
Metadata record point of contact additional info
Contact point phone
Contact point facsimile
Metadata record online information
URL
https://egis.environment.gov.za/
Name
Application profile
ArcGIS
Description
download
Distribution format
Metadata record distribution format name
ArcGIS Pro 3.2.0. Shapefile (shp) file format
Metadata record distribution format version
3.2.0
Spatial parameters
Spatial resolution equivalent scale
1:5000
Spatial representation type
Vector (vector data is used to represent geographic data)
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Additional information about Reference Systems (temporal, vertical) N/A
Reference date
Reference date 1
Reference datetime
2025-04-30T00:00
Reference date type
Publication
Metadata stamp date 2025-07-29T00:00
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