Power imports halve as Morupule B improves

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

The volume of electricity imports more than halved in the first quarter of this year as local generation was ramped up with Morupule B now producing more than half of its capacity.

Official figures released by Statistics Botswana (SB) this week show that, during the first quarter of 2017, imported electricity decreased by 63.9% from 523,736 Mega Watt Hour (MWH) to 189,052 MWH when compared to importation during the first quarter of 2016.

“The decrease in imported electricity could be seen to be a result of increased production to reduce reliance on importation,” said SB.

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Power imports halve as Morupule B improves

The volume of electricity imports more than halved in the first quarter of this year as local generation was ramped up with Morupule B now producing more than half of its capacity.