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Proposed Wind and Solar (Photovoltaic) Energy Facilities on Kangnas Farm near Springbok in the Northern Cape: Draft EIR 91
Table 4.3: Impact on employment during operational phase, for a 250 MW solar and a 750
MW wind energy facility
Sector Impacted Direct Impact Indirect Impact Induced Impact Total Impact
Agriculture 0 3 7 10
Mining 0 4 0 4
Manufacturing 0 6 4 10
Utilities 69 1 0 70
Construction 0 22 0 22
Trade and
accommodation
0 39 10 49
Transport 0 5 3 7
Financing 0 6 2 9
Business services 0 13 1 14
Services 0 9 21 30
Total 69 108
Photovoltaic Plant
49 226
Agriculture 0 1 8 9
Mining 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 0 2 5 8
Utilities 130 0 0 130
Construction 0 0 0 1
Trade and
accommodation
0 91 12 103
Transport 0 5 3 9
Financing 0 14 3 16
Business services 0 2 1 4
Services 0 9 20 29
Total 130 126
No-Go Alternative
53 309
Agriculture 0 0 0 0
Mining 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
Utilities 0 0 0 0
Construction 0 0 0 0
Trade and
accommodation
0 0 0 0
Transport 0 0 0 0
Financing 0 0 0 0
Business services 0 0 0 0
Services 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0
o Impact on tourism industry
The operational phase of the proposed wind and solar energy facilities should have a neutral
impact on the tourism industry. Although the operations and presence of a wind and solar
energy facilities could serve as tourist attraction and increase the diversity of tourism operations
in the region (to include green tourism) it would not necessarily contribute to an increase in
tourist. It is not anticipated that the proposed facilities would have any impact on the numbers of
tourists at the Goegap Nature Reserve.
The potential impact from both the proposed wind and solar energy facility on new business
sales, GDP and employment would be of regional extent, very low to low magnitude and
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