BRAKKEFONTEIN WITHDRAWN!

It is with great pleasure that Greytonian can announce that this ill-conceived wind farm proposal has been cancelled by the developer, Terra Power Solutions. This is what the EAP, Thomas King wrote:

"Dear Interested and Affected Parties and key stakeholders

As you are aware CES recently conducted an Environmental Scoping process for the above mentioned project that was initiated by Terra Power Solutions (TPS) in the Bonnievale area. Over the course of the last few months it has become apparent that the wind resource on the site, which has been subject to an approximately year-long monitoring programme, is not sufficient to justify the project proceeding. This is compounded by the fact that the feed in tariff (the price that the relevant government agency pays to independent power producers - IPPs) for wind energy has substantially decreased from its initial pricing levels, rendering the proposed project financially unviable

Coupled with the environmental sensitivities of the site and its surroundings, as well as the numerous conservation initiatives in various stages of development or implementation in the project area that were brought to CES and TPS attention during the Scoping process, the applicant has decided to withdraw the application. 

Please be aware that the national Department of Environmental Affairs has been informed of the reasons for withdrawal by CES and acknowledgement of this is still awaited from them. Please accept this correspondence as the final round of notification for this project.

Thomas King

Environmental Consultant

Coastal & Environmental Services"