Globeleq- Leopards Hill Solar PV Project

Globeleq Services Limited (Globeleq) are proposing to develop a 225 Megawatt peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) and 150MW/ 600MWh lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project. The Project site is located along the Leopards Hill Road (D152) on the privately owned Kyindu Ranch, approximately 12 km east of Lusaka in the Chongwe District, Lusaka Province, Zambia.

Gobeleq has appointed SLR (Africa) Consulting Pty Ltd (SLR) and DH Engineering Consultants (DHE) to manage the environmental permitting and public participation.

The Project commenced in 2016. A scoping study and environmental impact assessment, including relevant specialist studies and public participation, was undertaken for the Project between 2016 and 2018 prior to the Project being placed on hold. Guidance from the Zambian Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) in 2025 required the Project to undergo a new scoping and impact assessment process. The ESIA process, led by SLR, aims to identify and mitigate environmental and social risks to ensure sustainable development.

A new Scoping Report and Terms of Reference was compiled and submitted to ZEMA on 31 May 2025 and approved by ZEMA on 31 July 2025. The ESIA Phase of the project has commenced with the provision of the Non-Technical Summary (NTS) to the general public, as well as the Public Disclosure Meeting, to be held on Thursday, 13 November 2025 at 9am, at Kyindu primary School.

This Non-Technical Summary (NTS) includes the project purpose, location and description, alternatives considered, the status of the baseline environment and the impacts identified.

Status

The NTS is prepared and available for public review from 30 October 2025 to 13 November 2025.

A full copy of the NTS is available for download below.

To register as an I&AP, please contact DH Engineering Consultants using the details provided above.

By providing your personal information to submit a comment, you will be included in the SLR an Interested and Affected Party (I&AP) database, and you consent to SLR managing your information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. It is assumed that as an I&AP for this Project you authorise SLR to retain and use your Personal Information as part of a contact database for this and/or other Social and Environmental Impact Assessments (ESIA) and that you confirm your acceptance for SLR to contact you regarding this and/or other ESIA processes. SLR will not process your Personal Information, other than as permitted or required by ESIA processes, or as required by law or public policy. SLR will use reasonable, appropriate security safeguards to protect Personal Information, and to reasonably prevent any damage to, loss of, or unauthorised access or disclosure of Personal Information, other than as required for ESIA processes or as required by any Law or public policy. You may request for your Personal Information to be deleted from the I&AP database at any time by contacting SLR.