Botala’s Leupane secures key approvals

Besides the solar and gas plants, also approved in the environmental licence are supportive batteries for energy storage, gas generators or turbines to provide baseload electricity, and transformers to connect to the national grid.

The approval also includes a photovoltaic solar panel manufacturing plant for which a Special Economic Zone Licence was granted in March, as well as plants Liquefied Natural Gas and Compressed Natural Gas as well as the beneficiation of minerals such as copper.