Asian giants bid for rural solar power tenders

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

BPC aims to increase electricity access to all villages

Household power companies from Asia are some of the 111 firms that responded to Botswana Power Corporation’s (BPC) tender for the construction of 20 solar power plants in villages across the country.

BPC has invited bids from independent power producers (IPPs) to set up 20 mini hybrid power stations in isolated villages as part of plans to boost electricity access.

According to information released on the power utility’s website, familiar names such as Japan’s Marubeni, China Mechanical Engineering Corporation (CMEC), China Habour Engineering Company, Changhong Research Labs, Korean Solar Power Consortium and Huawei Technologies are some of the firms from Asia vying for the tender.

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