Botswana ranks low in clean energy investment

Botswana is ranked low in clean energy investment, according to the Climatescope 2014 Report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Total investment in the clean energy regime was at  $6.2 million between the period 2006 and 2013, according to analysts, while the total clean energy generation is at 252. 1 GWh (gigawatt-hours).

During a media briefing in Gaborone yesterday, Cape Town -based renewable energy analyst, Keegan Kruger said there was cost-effective potential in renewable energy especially for developing economies. Kruger, who is at the forefront of Bloomberg’s clean investment consultancy-Climatescope, said despite the abundance, solar energy remained untilised although Botswana was grappling with power outages.