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Gov�t issues pioneering gas mining licence

The diesel-powered Orapa turbines will be converted to gas power
The diesel-powered Orapa turbines will be converted to gas power

Government has issued its first coal bed methane (CBM) mining licence as the country edges towards commercial use of renewable energy in power supply.

Emerging junior energy company, Tlou Energy this week announced that a mining licence for its Lesedi CBM project has been granted by the Department of Mines paving way for the development of Botswana’s first gas to power station.

Apart from a small 1.3MW solar power plant in Phakalane, Gaborone, the remainder of the country’s local power supply is met from coal-fired power plants.

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