The proposed KiPower IPP

This case study details legal challenges brought by groundWork and the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) against the environmental and water authorizations granted for the proposed KiPower coal-fired power station in South Africa.

• groundWork initiated a court application to review and set aside the Department of Environmental Affairs' (DEA) decision to grant environmental authorization to Kuyasa Mining (Pty) Ltd for the KiPower Coal-fired Power Station, as well as the Minister of Environmental Affairs' decision to dismiss an appeal against that authorization.
• As part of the legal challenge, groundWork requested that the DEA reconsider the application with a specific focus on the climate change impact, including comments on a climate change impact assessment from interested and affected parties.
• In a letter dated 1 November 2017, Kuyasa's attorneys informed the CER that the company intended to amend its environmental authorization and perform a climate change impact assessment for the proposed coal-fired power station.
• The Centre for Environmental Rights, representing groundWork, appealed a water use licence (WUL) issued in February 2017 by the Department of Water and Sanitation for the KiPower station near Delmas, Mpumalanga. The appeal, lodged on 7 September 2017, argues that the WUL violates the Constitution, the National Water Act (NWA), and the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), citing concerns over water pollution, the failure of the DWS as a public trustee, and the lack of a risk-averse approach.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (2017). The proposed KiPower IPP. https://cer.org.za/programmes/pollution-climate-change/litigation/challenges-of-decisions-in-relation-to-coal-fired-independent-power-producers-ipps/the-proposed-kipower-ipp

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. The proposed KiPower IPP. 2017. https://cer.org.za/programmes/pollution-climate-change/litigation/challenges-of-decisions-in-relation-to-coal-fired-independent-power-producers-ipps/the-proposed-kipower-ipp.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centreforenvironmentalrights2017proposed, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{The proposed KiPower IPP}}, institution = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2017}, month = jul, url = {https://cer.org.za/programmes/pollution-climate-change/litigation/challenges-of-decisions-in-relation-to-coal-fired-independent-power-producers-ipps/the-proposed-kipower-ipp}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }