AfDB breathes life into mega-solar project :: Mmegi Online

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided a grant to support a regional market study for the Botswana-Namibia mega-solar project, an initiative planned to run across both borders and produce up to 5,000 megawatts.

The continental bank’s board approved a $7.88 million grant (P105 million) to the Africa Energy Transition Catalyst (AETC) programme, which aims to increase renewable energy generation across the continent.

“The AETC programme sets out to conduct a regional market study to facilitate the export of renewable energy from Botswana and Namibia as part of the two to five-gigawatt mega-solar initiative,” the AfDB said in a statement. “Additionally, it aims to advance the ZiZaBoNa regional transmission interconnector development by updating feasibility and Environmental Social Impact Assessment studies while providing project structuring advisory support.”

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