Date and time Location Venue 08 June 2017 at 15:00. Date and time Location Venue Gobabis. Goba Lodge and Rest Camp Conference Venue

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1 NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS PROPOSED ENCROACHER BUSH BIOMASS POWER PROJECT IN NAMIBIA Introduction Notice is hereby given in terms of the Environmental Management Act (No. 7 of 2007) (EMA) and Section 21 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations (Government Notice No. 30 of 2012) of the Environmental Clearance Certificate application for the proposal by the Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Ltd to construct and operate a biomass power plant and associated infrastructure. An application for an Environmental Clearance Certificate will be submitted to the Competent Authority (Ministry of Mines and Energy) in terms of Section 32 of the EMA, which will be forwarded to the Environmental Commissioner. Applicant: Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Ltd ( NamPower ). Nature and location of the proposed activity The proposed power project will include a power plant, which will generate electricity by the combustion of wood from encroacher bush, growing in the surrounding area of the proposed plant. The power plant will have a base load capacity of up to 40 megawatt (MW) and be connected to the national grid at an existing substation via a new overhead power line of maximum 132 kv. The EIA project/study will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB). NamPower has identified six possible sites for the proposed power plant near the following existing substations: Omaere substation near Gobabis; Auas substation near Windhoek; Osona substation near Okahandja; Gerus substation near Otjiwarongo; Ohorongo substation near Ohorongo Cement and Otavi; and Otjikoto substation near Tsumeb. In order to select the preferred site and plant technology, certain technical and environmental aspects need to be considered during the scoping phase of the EIA process. Only the preferred option will be assessed in the impact assessment phase. The Environmental Clearance will specifically be applied for activities relating to the power plant and overhead power line, however, the associated bush harvesting and transportation activities will be cumulatively assessed as part of the EIA process. Independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner: SLR Environmental Consulting (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd ( SLR ) has been appointed by the EIB to undertake the EIA process for the proposed project on behalf of NamPower. Contact Person: Immanuel Katali Address: Schumacher House, 6 Tobias Hainyeko Street, Swakopmund Tel: ; Fax: ikatali@slrconsulting.com Registration to receive notifications and information: Register as an Interested and Affected Party with Immanuel Katali by submitting your comments, full name and contact details by post, fax or . A Background Information Document (BID) is available for a 21-day review and comment period from 30 May to 19 June Copies of the BID can be downloaded from the project website ( and are available on request from SLR. Information-sharing meetings will be held near each of the six possible site locations: Date and time Location Venue 08 June 2017 at 15:00 Gobabis Goba Lodge and Rest Camp Conference Venue 09 June 2017 at 15:00 Windhoek Windhoek Scientific Society 12 June 2017 at 15:00 Okahandja Gross Barmen Conference Venue 13 June 2017 at 15:00 Otjiwarongo Otjiwarongo Community Hall 14 June 2017 at 15:00 Otavi Otavi Community Hall 15 June 2017 at 15:00 Tsumeb Makalani Hotel Conference Venue For issues and/or comments to be included in the Scoping Report, kindly forward them to SLR by no later than 19 June NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS PROPOSED ENCROACHER BUSH BIOMASS POWER PROJECT IN NAMIBIA Introduction Notice is hereby given in terms of the Environmental Management Act (No. 7 of 2007) (EMA) and Section 21 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations (Government Notice No. 30 of 2012) of the Environmental Clearance Certificate application for the proposal by the Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Ltd to construct and operate a biomass power plant and associated infrastructure. An application for an Environmental Clearance Certificate will be submitted to the Competent Authority (Ministry of Mines and Energy) in terms of Section 32 of the EMA, which will be forwarded to the Environmental Commissioner. Applicant: Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Ltd ( NamPower ). Nature and location of the proposed activity The proposed power project will include a power plant, which will generate electricity by the combustion of wood from encroacher bush, growing in the surrounding area of the proposed plant. The power plant will have a base load capacity of up to 40 megawatt (MW) and be connected to the national grid at an existing substation via a new overhead power line of maximum 132 kv. The EIA project/study will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB). NamPower has identified six possible sites for the proposed power plant near the following existing substations: Omaere substation near Gobabis; Auas substation near Windhoek; Osona substation near Okahandja; Gerus substation near Otjiwarongo; Ohorongo substation near Ohorongo Cement and Otavi; and Otjikoto substation near Tsumeb. In order to select the preferred site and plant technology, certain technical and environmental aspects need to be considered during the scoping phase of the EIA process. Only the preferred option will be assessed in the impact assessment phase. The Environmental Clearance will specifically be applied for activities relating to the power plant and overhead power line, however, the associated bush harvesting and transportation activities will be cumulatively assessed as part of the EIA process. Independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner: SLR Environmental Consulting (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd ( SLR ) has been appointed by the EIB to undertake the EIA process for the proposed project on behalf of NamPower. Contact Person: Immanuel Katali Address: Schumacher House, 6 Tobias Hainyeko Street, Swakopmund Tel: ; Fax: ikatali@slrconsulting.com Registration to receive notifications and information: Register as an Interested and Affected Party with Immanuel Katali by submitting your comments, full name and contact details by post, fax or . A Background Information Document (BID) is available for a 21-day review and comment period from 30 May to 19 June Copies of the BID can be downloaded from the project website ( and are available on request from SLR. Information-sharing meetings will be held near each of the six possible site locations: Date and time Location Venue 08 June 2017 at 15:00 Gobabis Goba Lodge and Rest Camp Conference Venue 09 June 2017 at 15:00 Windhoek Windhoek Scientific Society 12 June 2017 at 15:00 Okahandja Gross Barmen Conference Venue 13 June 2017 at 15:00 Otjiwarongo Otjiwarongo Community Hall 14 June 2017 at 15:00 Otavi Otavi Community Hall 15 June 2017 at 15:00 Tsumeb Makalani Hotel Conference Venue For issues and/or comments to be included in the Scoping Report, kindly forward them to SLR by no later than 19 June 2017.

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6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED NAMPOWER ENCROACHER BUSH BIOMASS POWER PROJECT As part of the Encroacher Bush Biomass Power Project, NamPower proposes to construct a biomass power plant, which will generate electricity by the combustion of wood from encroacher bush, growing in the surrounding area of the proposed plant. Six (6) potential sites have been pre-selected by NamPower to be assessed in order to select the preferred site and then to conduct a full environmental impact assessment as per the relevant regulations in order to obtain an EIA clearance certificate for the preferred site. Public meetings will be held as part of the Environmental Scoping process for each of the proposed power plant sites. The six (6) Environmental Impact Assessment public scoping meetings have been arranged as follows: Meeting 1 in Gobabis: Date: Thursday, 8 June 2017 Venue: Goba Lodge & Restcamp Conference Venue Meeting 2: - in Windhoek: Date: Friday, 9 June 2017 Venue: Namibia Scientific Society Conference Venue Meeting 3: - in Okahandja: Date: Monday, 12 June 2017 Venue: Gross Barmen Conference Venue Meeting 4: - in Otjiwarongo: Date: Tuesday, 13 June 2017 Venue: Otjiwarongo Community Hall Meeting 5: - in Otavi: Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2017

7 Venue: Otavi Community Hall Meeting 6: - in Tsumeb: Date: Thursday, 15 June 2017 Venue: Makalani Hotel Conference Venue The Background Information Document (BID) for the project is available on request from SLR Environmental Consulting, who has been appointed as the independent Environmental Assessment Practitioners. For more information, please contact Immanuel Katali from SLR on or at ikatali@slrconsulting.com.

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