Shumba Coal eyes regional power exports

In a statement to the local bourse, the company announced that it has concluded a scoping study into transmission solutions. It described options available to export power from the SEP to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Shumba, which is majority owned by citizens, joins other firms such as African Energy and Jindal that are making strides towards monetisation of Botswana’s estimated 212 billion tonne coal resources through exports.

The SEP will be a 300MW power station with the full output injected into BPC’s 400kV high-voltage transmission grid at the nearby Morupule B 400kV sub-station.