On 16 February 2018, Minister Edna Molewa published Government Notice No. 114 in Government Gazette No. 41445 which identified 8 renewable energy development zones important for the development of large scale wind and solar photovoltaic facilities. The Government Notice included procedure to be followed when applying for environmental authorisation for large scale wind and solar photovoltaic energy facilities when occurring in these REDZs. 

On 26 February 2021, Minister Barbara Dallas Creecy, published Government Notice No. 142, 144 and 145 in Government Gazette No. 44191 which identified 3 additional REDZs for implementation as well as the procedures to be followed when applying for environmental authorisation for electricity transmission or distribution infrastructure or large scale wind and solar photovoltaic energy facilities in these REDZs. 

The REDZs were identified through the undertaking of 2 Strategic Environmental Assessments, the first being finalised in 2015 and the second being finalised in 2019. 

Downloadable Data:

The following data is available for download from the Downloads Tab.

REDZs Shapefiles contains spatial data identifying the boundaries for the Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs).

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Downloadable Documents:

The relevant Government Gazettes, the final strategic environmental assessment reports and the “comments and responses document” which captures all of the comments received on the Ministers notification of the intention to gazette the REDZs and the Departments response, are available by clicking on the link under the heading “Document”.