PPADB approves P8bn Morupule B expansion tender

In a notice published in the Daily News yesterday, the PPADB said a joint venture between Japan’s Marubeni and South Korean, Posco Energy has won the bid to expand the Morupule B Power Station by a further 300MW. The consortium will supply Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) with power over a 30-year period at a cost of P812.56 per Megawatt hour.

“A request by the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources to award the tender at Morupule to Marubeni-Posco Energy consortium at a levelised cost of electricity of P812.526 per Megawatt hour (MWh) has been approved,” said the PPADB. A MWh is equal to 1,000 kilowatts of electricity used continuously for one hour.