Tlou Energy seeks to supercharge nation
Monday, March 21, 2022 | 1170 Views |
Tony Gilby
The project is funded by a P50 million Botswana loan from the Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF).
The Lesedi Power Project is a two-phase natural gas extraction initiative that would seek to allow the nation to be able to exploit the energy potential sitting in the Lesedi coal bed methane (CBM) fields to create greater energy production independence for Botswana.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...