Solar power station project inches forward

The feasibility study is expected to be complete in 12 months, paving way for project capitalisation by the BPC and its funding partners, construction and eventual commissioning.

The multi-million Pula project has its genesis in a 2006 renewable energy-based rural electrification agreement between the Government of Botswana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The solar power station is part of a range of initiatives to reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuel and costly diesel-fired power stations.