Morupule B transmission works due for construction

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The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) will soon start construction of the long-awaited multi-million pula transmission line through which power from the 600-megawatt Morupule B Power Station will be brought to Greater Gaborone.

The 400-kilovolt line from the Morupule B Power Station to the Isang sub-station is one of key works in the 600-megawatt station's development. The transmission line is essential for securing Gaborone's future power supplies as its capacity creates room for the capital city's growth.

The project, estimated at between P150 million and P300 million, involves the installation of towers, transmission lines, conductors and other machinery along the 215-kilometre distance which connects the proposed substation at Morupule B and the Isang sub-station, already under development. This week, highly placed BPC officials told BusinessWeek that awarding of the tender, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, had been postponed following a request to that effect by the African Development Bank.

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