Botswana nears self-sufficiency in power supply

All four units are currently running at Morupule B PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
All four units are currently running at Morupule B PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

Botswana’s efforts to attain self-sufficiency in power generation seem to be bearing fruit, if the latest figures on electricity generation and importation are anything to go by.

Data from Statistics Botswana (SB) shows that during the last quarter of 2016, electricity generation increased by 11.1% while power imports dropped by 32%.

The physical volume of electricity generated during that period stood at 783,141 megawatt-hour (MWH), which represents an increase of 77,940 MWH as compared to 705,201 MWH generated during the same period of the previous year.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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