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Hive Hydrogen South Africa said it has received "successful" records of decision on the environmental impact assessment undertaken for its 1230MW Crossroads Green Energy Cluster.
The company said the group of nine "solar PV projects" is situated in a "very high yield" area in De Aar and will provide power to its Green Ammonia plant planned for the Coega Special Economic Zone.
Hive Hydrogen says it will now commence with the next stage of the "grid connection workstream."
In a statement the company said; "This Giga scale solar project is the product of the co-development consortium made up of Hive Hydrogen, Akuo Energy Afrique, Africoast Investments, and Golden Sunshine Trading, which was sealed earlier this year and has been working towards this milestone for the past two years."
Chairperson, Thulani Gcabashe, said the Crossroads Green Energy team developed the project on time and within budget. He also praised the professionalism and dedication of the team.
Don McGillivray, of Africoast Investments, added: "Africoast, Golden Sunshine Trading, and Akuo Energy are co-developing a 6000 MW pipeline of solar energy and wind energy projects, notably for the Coega Green Ammonia projects.
"The Crossroads Green Energy cluster is being developed for phase 1 of the Coega Green Ammonia Project, while the remaining projects will be moving through a phased development to meet the future demand in Coega and potential other offtakes. We are proud to be working together with Hive Energy to realise these strategic projects.''
Hive Energy says its "$5.8bn (R105bn) green ammonia project" will produce over 1 million tons a year, and is a flagship investment project in South Africa tabled at the Presidential Investment Summit in Sandton in 2022.
"The project will bring a significant economic boost to South Africa and the Eastern, Northern and Western Cape Provinces."
