Offshore Wind Off Richards Bay: What A Stalled Environmental Authorisation Reveals About South Africa’s Legal Readiness For Offshore Energy

Offshore wind turbines in a row at sea under a blue sky

South Africa’s first proposed offshore wind farm, the Gagasi project off Richards Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal coast, has stalled. Reports on 17 September 2026 indicate that the environmental impact study for the project is on hold pending new technical information from the developers, GenesisHexicon, a joint venture between Sweden’s Hexicon and South Africa’s Genesis Eco-Energy […]

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