Recent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridors

Lochner, Paul AMabin, MJTCape, LSG2016-12-082016-12-082016-05Lochner, P.A., Mabin, M.J.T.,Cape L.S.G.2016.Recent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridors.In:IAIA16 Conference Proceedings, Resilience and Sustainability 36th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Nagoya Congress Center, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, 11 - 14 May 2016http://conferences.iaia.org/2016/Final-Papers/Lochner,%20Paul%20 %20Recent%20SEA%20Experience%20in%20South%20Africa.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/8887IAIA16 Conference Proceedings, Resilience and Sustainability 36th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Nagoya Congress Center, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, 11 - 14 May 2016.Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's websiteStrategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) for the development of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy and powerline corridors have recently been completed in South Africa, leading to a decision by the South African Cabinet in February 2016 to legislate the outcomes of these SEAs. This is almost ten years since an updated version of the South African SEA Guidelines was released in 2007, which included principles for SEA in South Africa. This paper outlines the planning context, need and objectives of the recent wind and solar SEA and powerline corridors SEA. Thereafter, we reflect on the principles from the SEA Guidelines in the light of this recent SEA experience. Given the brevity of this paper, we focus on four principles that provide interesting examples of learning, as well as capturing the unexpected outcomes from the SEAs. The paper concludes with how this learning can inform future SEAs being conducted in support of similar national-scale development programs.enPower corridorsStrategic Environmental AssessmentsRenewable energySEARenewable Energy Development ZonesRecent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridorsConference PresentationLochner, P. A., Mabin, M., & Cape, L. (2016). Recent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridors. International Association for Impact Assessment. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8887Lochner, Paul A, MJT Mabin, and LSG Cape. "Recent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridors." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8887Lochner PA, Mabin M, Cape L, Recent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridors; International Association for Impact Assessment; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8887 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Lochner, Paul A AU - Mabin, MJT AU - Cape, LSG AB - Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) for the development of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy and powerline corridors have recently been completed in South Africa, leading to a decision by the South African Cabinet in February 2016 to legislate the outcomes of these SEAs. This is almost ten years since an updated version of the South African SEA Guidelines was released in 2007, which included principles for SEA in South Africa. This paper outlines the planning context, need and objectives of the recent wind and solar SEA and powerline corridors SEA. Thereafter, we reflect on the principles from the SEA Guidelines in the light of this recent SEA experience. Given the brevity of this paper, we focus on four principles that provide interesting examples of learning, as well as capturing the unexpected outcomes from the SEAs. The paper concludes with how this learning can inform future SEAs being conducted in support of similar national-scale development programs. DA - 2016-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Power corridors KW - Strategic Environmental Assessments KW - Renewable energy KW - SEA KW - Renewable Energy Development Zones LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 T1 - Recent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridors TI - Recent sea experience in South Africa and national principles: Learning from national scale SEAs for renewable energy and power corridors UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8887 ER -