Green energy supplier Renergen’s Virginia Phase 2 gas project, in South Africa’s Free State, has achieved a significant milestone with the receipt of environmental authorisation (EA). The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has granted an EA in terms of Section 24 of the National Environmental Management Act in accordance with the Environmental Impact Assessment regulations for the various Nema-listed activities related to the company’s Phase 2 project, which include planned drilling, and construction of the gas gathering pipeline and liquid natural gas (LNG) and liquid helium process plant including balance of plant activities.