Renergen "expressed concerns" over the building of the Springbok Solar project "in an area designated for future natural gas extraction", the company said in a statement issued via the JSE.
"In the case of Springbok Solar project, construction commenced without our prior consent or a co-existence agreement," Renergen said, without naming the developer.
SOLA Group lists the 150MW Springbok project in Virginia in the Free State on its website as being under construction. The company wasn't immediately able to comment.
The dispute highlights South Africa's transition from dependence on coal to a wider range of technologies including natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy projects. The country is forecast to add 50GW of wind and solar stations by 2030 to replace some of the generation from the world's dirtiest fossil fuel.
