Mokaila rules out incentives for solar

Friday, March 07, 2014

Minerals, Energy and Water Resources minister, Kitso Mokaila, says incentives for solar will only be considered when tariffs charged on coal produced electricity become cost-reflective.

Mokaila was responding to a series of questions from Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) representatives at a meeting he held with them on Tuesday on the ongoing power crisis.

Several BOCCIM members asked Mokaila why government did not seem eager to develop the country’s solar energy sector when the country had a proven abundance of sunlight around the year.

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Mokaila rules out incentives for solar

Minerals, Energy and Water Resources minister, Kitso Mokaila, says incentives for solar will only be considered when tariffs charged on coal produced electricity become cost-reflective.

42 out of 45 bodies of Limpopo bus crash victims identified

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