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'Botswana’s solar wealth still untapped'

ROOM FOR GROWTH: The country’s solar potential remains under-developed
ROOM FOR GROWTH: The country’s solar potential remains under-developed

Botswana’s vast solar resources remain largely underutilised despite the growing urgency to diversify the country’s energy mix, it has been revealed.

This was the central theme at the Absa Green Energy Roundtable last Thursday, where experts, policymakers and financiers reflected on the gap between potential and actual capacity.

Speaking at the forum, Absa Bank Botswana Managing Director, Keabetswe Pheko-Moshagane, said the country is well-positioned to lead in renewable energy, but investment and implementation have not kept pace.

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